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Restrained Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Even in Europe a change has sensibly taken place in the mind of man. Science has liberated the ideas of those who read and reflect,…
- An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles, but in which…
- Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error... They are the natural enemies of error, and of error only... If [free enquiry]…
- Laws abridging the natural right of the citizen should be restrained by rigorous constructions within their narrowest limits.
- Our tenet ever was . . . that Congress had not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but were restrained to those specifically…
- The suppression of unnecessary offices, of useless establishments and expenses enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes. These covering our land with officers, and opening…
- The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by a despotic government.
More Restrained Quotes
- Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. — William Blake
- All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hope of a righteous and speedy peace… — Abraham Lincoln
- Even in Europe a change has sensibly taken place in the mind of man. Science has liberated the ideas of those who… — Thomas Jefferson
- It is very natural for young men to be vehement, acrimonious and severe. For as they seldom comprehend at once all the… — Samuel Johnson
- The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too… — William O. Douglas
- An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles,… — Thomas Jefferson
- Let, then, the word be preached, and the sins of men will be rebuked, lust will be restrained, and some oppositions will… — John Owen