Restraint Quotes

361 Restraint quotes by 286 unique authors

Typically, discussions of the safety net boil down to one side wanting to spend more in the name of compassion, and the other side wanting… — Todd Young
Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever… — Mary Wortley Montagu
This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless… — Algernon Sidney
Dangerous because your present Administration and its specialized agencies by all accounts know no restraint in hitting out at any perceived enemy of America, and… — Breyten Breytenbach
The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint. — Marianne Moore
If I have a look around at the moment I feel great relief because finally others are entering the limelight. Men like Robert Pattinson must… — Jude Law
And let the Fed sell bonds to bring bank reserves back down to required reserve levels, so we have restraint on bank lending and bank… — Arthur Laffer
While the Left seems obsessed with increasing taxes and spending even more money, conservatives have focused more heavily on the need for spending restraint and… — Fred Upton
I am a firm believer in democratic representative government as the best form for those who have the tolerance and self-restraint that is required to… — Bertrand Russell
Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of… — Edmund Burke
Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the nation of the strings of the public purse is a… — Thomas Jefferson
The Supreme Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, perseverance in the yoga of knowledge, charity, sense restraint, sacrifice, study of the scriptures, austerity, honesty; Nonviolence,… — Bhagavad Gita
A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only… — Abraham Lincoln
We in this country, in this generation, are--by destiny rather than choice--the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may… — John Fitzgerald Kennedy
To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose. People don't deserve the restraint we show by not… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Mastering the art of seduction gives one a great power, and like any power, it's to be wielded with responsibility; a man who wields the… — Unknown Author
The place where we don't agree is on whether there should be some restraint on insurance companies and whether they should be allowed to run… — David Axelrod
I don't want to hear again from the attorney general or anyone on this floor that this government has shown it can be trusted to… — Russ Feingold
Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others — John Locke
"What is liberty without...virtue? It is...madness, without restraint. Men are qualified for liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their… — Edmund Burke
Liberty consists in wholesome restraint — Daniel Webster
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to do, and self-restraint enough to… — Theodore Roosevelt
My will and self restraint. Have come to fail now, fail now. — Shakira
It's our daunted restraint that keeps us silent in shame. — Bad Religion
Must not lose you, must not lose each other, I am telling you. You look at me with restraint, a kind of sadness, as if… — Mariana Fulger

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