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Letter "R" » restrain
«The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.»
«The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.»
Author: Patrick Henry
(Lawyer)
| About:
Constitution,
Government,
People
| Keywords:
constitution, constitutions, dominate, dominated by, instrument, interests, lest, restrain, restraining, restrains, the government
«The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.»
«They can't chain my spirit! My spirit runs free! Walls can't contain it! Laws can't restrain it! Authority has no power over it!»
Author: Bill Watterson
(Author)
| Keywords:
authority, chain, chained, chaining, contain, free spirit, Laws, restrain, restraining, restrains, runs, spirit, walls
«Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.»
«Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened»
Author: Madame de Stael
| About:
Progress,
Science
| Keywords:
abuse of power, abusing, checks, increased, restrain, scientific, Scientific progress, strengthened
«The chief duty of governments, in so far as they are coercive, is to restrain those who would interfere with the inalienable rights of the individual, among which are the right to life, the right to liberty, the right to the pursuit of happiness and the right to worship God according to the dictates of one's conscience.»
«The deluded ones, who restrain their organs of action but mentally dwell upon the sense enjoyment, are called hypocrites.»
«Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on which it is long detained»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Judgement
| Keywords:
detain, detained, magnifying, restrain
«Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.»
Author: Seneca
| Keywords:
law, prohibit, prohibited, prohibiting, prohibits, restrain, restraining, restrains, shame
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