Restraint Quotes – City of Quotes

It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.

Michel de Montaigne

It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.

Michel de Montaigne

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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 use the power we give it with restraint and care.

Russ Feingold

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 use the power we give it with restraint and care.

Russ Feingold

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Our runaway judiciary is badly in need of restraint by Congress.

Phyllis Schlafly

Our runaway judiciary is badly in need of restraint by Congress.

Phyllis Schlafly

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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 issuances of liability.

Arthur Laffer

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 issuances of liability.

Arthur Laffer

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To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible.

Maimonides

To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible.

Maimonides

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It’s tough. It’s very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It’s always an exercise in restraint.

Ryan Reynolds

It’s tough. It’s very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It’s always an exercise in restraint.

Ryan Reynolds

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Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Alexis de Tocqueville

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Conservatives who care about nominations of judges who practice judicial restraint are, constitutionally, restrained people themselves.

Wendy Long

Conservatives who care about nominations of judges who practice judicial restraint are, constitutionally, restrained people themselves.

Wendy Long

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Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.

Henry Miller

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.

Henry Miller

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In Indiana, which has been hard hit by manufacturing losses, job declines, and shrinking wages, Governor Pence combined tax cuts with spending restraint to spur the Hoosier economy.

Lawrence Kudlow

In Indiana, which has been hard hit by manufacturing losses, job declines, and shrinking wages, Governor Pence combined tax cuts with spending restraint to spur the Hoosier economy.

Lawrence Kudlow

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It’s very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It’s always an exercise in restraint.

Ryan Reynolds

It’s very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It’s always an exercise in restraint.

Ryan Reynolds

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The hardest thing for me is restraint. I see fresh beans and ramps, and I start to quiver.

Alex Guarnaschelli

The hardest thing for me is restraint. I see fresh beans and ramps, and I start to quiver.

Alex Guarnaschelli

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I like restraint. Even with actors, restraint is something that I work on the most.

John Hillcoat

I like restraint. Even with actors, restraint is something that I work on the most.

John Hillcoat

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I look forward to a great future for America – a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

John F. Kennedy

I look forward to a great future for America – a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

John F. Kennedy

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I do think a focus on fiscal restraint is a central element of the Tea Party, and thank goodness for it!

Ken Cuccinelli

I do think a focus on fiscal restraint is a central element of the Tea Party, and thank goodness for it!

Ken Cuccinelli

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At every crisis in one’s life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.

Woodrow Wilson

At every crisis in one’s life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.

Woodrow Wilson

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Being bridled, or yielding obediently to restraint, is necessary for our personal growth and progression.

James E. Faust

Being bridled, or yielding obediently to restraint, is necessary for our personal growth and progression.

James E. Faust

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#restraint 17

It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.

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 use the power we give it with restraint and care.

Our runaway judiciary is badly in need of restraint by Congress.

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 issuances of liability.

To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible.

It’s tough. It’s very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It’s always an exercise in restraint.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Conservatives who care about nominations of judges who practice judicial restraint are, constitutionally, restrained people themselves.

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.

In Indiana, which has been hard hit by manufacturing losses, job declines, and shrinking wages, Governor Pence combined tax cuts with spending restraint to spur the Hoosier economy.

It’s very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It’s always an exercise in restraint.

The hardest thing for me is restraint. I see fresh beans and ramps, and I start to quiver.

I like restraint. Even with actors, restraint is something that I work on the most.

I look forward to a great future for America – a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

I do think a focus on fiscal restraint is a central element of the Tea Party, and thank goodness for it!

At every crisis in one’s life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.

Being bridled, or yielding obediently to restraint, is necessary for our personal growth and progression.