Restraining Quotes
57 quotes by 50 authors
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The idea of restraining the legislative authority, in the means of providing for the national defense, is one of those refinements which owe their origin…
— Alexander Hamilton
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If the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining freedom, it will be because…
— Thomas Huxley
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Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of one's true being.…
— Ramana Maharshi
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A single good government becomes... a blessing to the whole earth, its welcome to the oppressed restraining within certain limits the measure of their oppressions.…
— Thomas Jefferson
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To your request of my opinion of the manner in which a newspaper should be conducted, so as to be most useful, I should answer,…
— Thomas Jefferson
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One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.
— Thomas Jefferson
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By restraining spending and by cutting the deficit, Republican policies are helping to keep our economy strong.
— Dennis Hastert
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The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know,…
— Gautama Buddha
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Patience means restraining one's inclinations.
— Ieyasu Tokugawa
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The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. Patience means restraining one's inclinations. There are seven emotions:…
— Ieyasu Tokugawa
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Bottom line: Outbursts of anger - including screaming, throwing things, banging inanimate objects, slamming doors, squealing tires, stomping around, making threats, shoving, restraining, cornering, or…
— Paul the Apostle
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It's politely assumed that democracy is a means of containing and restraining violence. But violence comes not from genes but from ideas
— Edward Bond
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How is property given? By restraining liberty; that is, by taking it away so far as necessary for the purpose. How is your house made…
— Jeremy Bentham
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If you believe that man is inherently flawed-what religious people call 'original sin'-it follows that man, if left to his own devices, will tend towards…
— Rod Dreher
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Editors and reporters are not as free and independent to invite a variety of opinions as they might think. They are free to say what…
— Michael Parenti
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For my part I have sought liberty more than power, and power only because it can lead to freedom. What interested me was not a…
— Marguerite Yourcenar
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Salt, gathered from the tears of a thousand angels, restraining the essence of Sammael, the Hellhound. The Seed of Destruction. This I can promise, Sammael,…
— Grigori Rasputin
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If I want to free myself from endless cycles of struggling with temptation, I need to keep rediscovering that the pain of the struggle is…
— Sylvia Boorstein
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We have been restraining the growth of the cost of education-that is, tuition, room and board-to be within approximately one and a half percentage points…
— Charles M. Vest
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When God's people are removed from this earth, you might as well try to dam up Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to stem the flood…
— Vance Havner
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