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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 men will gradually bring themselves to deal with political, as they now deal with scientific questions.

  Thomas Huxley

  Men, Self, Political

  Thomas Henry Huxley (2006). “Huxley's Autobiography and Essays”, p.234, Cosimo, Inc.

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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 to a zeal for liberty more ardent than enlightened.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Mean, Ideas, Liberty

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2016). “The Federalist Papers and the Constitution of the United States: The Principles of the American Government”, p.140, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Such loyalty is admirable, of course,” said Scrimgeour, who seemed to be restraining his irritation with difficulty, “but Dumbledore is gone, Harry. He’s gone.” “He will only be gone from the school when none here are loyal to him,” said Harry, smiling in spite of himself.

  J. K. Rowling

  Loyalty, School, Irritation

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• They trespassed upon my thoughts. They were intruders whose knowledge of life was to me an irritating pretense, because I felt so sure they could not possibly know the things I knew. Their bearing, which was simply the bearing of commonplace individuals going about their business in the assurance of perfect safety, was offensive to me like the outrageous flauntings of folly in the face of a danger it is unable to comprehend. I had no particular desire to enlighten them, but I had some difficulty in restraining myself from laughing in their faces, so full of stupid importance.

  Joseph Conrad

  Stupid, Safety, Perfect

  Joseph Conrad (2016). “Heart of Darkness”, p.77, Xist Publishing

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• How do you know that, Philo, dear?" But Philologos had had enough of being condescended to. "Because, Lamion, I am not as dumb as you think I am, even if you are." By the time Lamion had parsed this to make sure that there was in fact an insult at the end of it, Hilarion had laid a restraining hand on his arm.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Thinking, Hands, Dumb

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• Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.

  Thomas Paine

  Government, Common Sense, Vices

  Thomas Paine (2015). “Common Sense: and The American Crisis I”, p.15, Penguin

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• Thankfully, God's restraining grace keeps even the worst of us from being utterly depraved. The worst people who have ever lived could've been worse.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  People, Grace, Worst

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• You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.

  Mitt Romney

  Government, Growth, Balance

  "The Sean Hannity Show", www.foxnews.com. June 2, 2011.

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• Whether it's viewers of the show or readers of my columns and books, I'm consistently impressed with their wit, humor and insight. That goes for about 95 percent of the audience. The other five percent are why the 'Delete' option and restraining orders were invented.

  Richard Roeper

  Book, Order, Columns

  "Meet a Critic: Richard Roeper". Interview with Jen Yamato, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. December 5, 2007.

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• Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Art, Diplomacy

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• The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. Once for all; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Once for all; I love her none the less because I knew it, and it had no more influence in restraining me, than if I had devoutly believed her to be human perfection.

  Charles Dickens

  Men, Perfection, Great Expectations

  Charles Dickens (2010). “Great Expectations: With an Introduction and Contemporary Criticism”, p.280, Ignatius Press

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• Does Patch have a restraining order against him?' he read. 'Is Patch a felon?' 'Give-me-that!' I hissed furiously. Patch gave a soft laugh, and I knew he'd seen the next question. 'Does Patch have a girlfriend?

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Girlfriend, Order, Giving

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2009). “Hush, Hush”, p.144, Simon and Schuster

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• I had no particular desire to enlighten them, but I had some difficulty in restraining myself from laughing in their faces, so full of stupid importance.

  Joseph Conrad

  Stupid, Laughing, Desire

  Joseph Conrad (2015). “Joseph Conrad Ultimate Collection: 18 Novels, 20+ Short Stories, Letters & Memoirs: Including Classics like Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Duel, The Secret Agent, Nostromo, Victory, The Shadow-Line & Under Western Eyes”, p.4241, e-artnow

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• Tempore difficiles veniunt ad aratra juvenci;
  Tempore lenta pati frena docentur equi.
  In time the unmanageable young oxen come to the plough; in time the horses are taught to endure the restraining bit.

  Ovid

  Time, Horse, Oxen

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• . . . but there's a restraining order in place.' She speaks slowly, choosing her words carefully. 'I'm not supposed to be this close to you.' You were never supposed to be this close to me,' I say, and I have no idea why.

  Barry Lyga

  Order, Ideas, Speak

  Barry Lyga (2007). “Boy Toy”, p.393, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I try to play characters who are different from myself, so I feel like this character is someone who is really different. I actually think that if I did what he did in this movie, I would get a restraining order put against me.

  Ryan Gosling

  Movie, Character, Thinking

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• The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.

  Thomas Jefferson

  4th Of July, Government, Liberty

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• Booyah, I will summon the ninja. Oh, and take a lunch break while we burgle." "You're going, too?" "Am I not ninja enough? Are you saying that I lack ninja?" "No, I was just thinking you're a little, uh, recognizable, maybe?" Eve batted her thick eyelashes. "Why, thank you, sweetie. That's the nicest insult I've had today, not counting the jock who said he'd date me but he had a restraining order out for necrophelia.

  Rachel Caine

  Thinking, Eyelashes, Order

  Rachel Caine (2011). “Bite Club”, p.19, Allison & Busby

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• Experience shows that the frequent use of severe punishment has never rendered a people better. The death of a criminal is a less effective means of restraining crimes than the permanent example of a man deprived of his liberty during the whole of his life to make amends for the injury he has done to the public.

  Catherine the Great

  Mean, Men, People

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• I have always felt that the real purpose of government is to enhance the lives of people and that a leader can best do that by restraining government in most cases instead of enlarging it at every opportunity.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Real, Opportunity, Government

  "A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford". Book by Gerald R. Ford, 1979.

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• There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity.

  George Washington

  Men, Vanity, Littles

  George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious”, p.324

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• Broadly speaking, Keynesianism means that the government has a specific responsibility for the behavior of the economy, that it doesn't work on its own autonomous course, but the government, when there's a recession, compensates by employment, by expansion of purchasing power, and in boom times corrects by being a restraining force. But it controls the great flow of demand into the economy, what since Keynesian times has been the flow of aggregate demand. That was the basic idea of Keynes so far as one can put it in a couple of sentences.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Couple, Mean, Responsibility

  Interview with Brian Lamb, Booknotes C-SPAN, November 13, 1994.

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• Coercive measures may have a restraining effect for a time, but can never subdue an untractable spirit: it is only by engaging the affections and enlarging the understanding, that the heart can be meliorated or principles be formed; for like a bow forcibly bent, the mind recoils from oppression with elastic power.

  Mary Hays

  Heart, Understanding, Mind

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• Everybody I've ever met was destroyed by a member of the opposite sex early on and that damage you took into every relationship after that, everybody. Every woman in here got intimidated by a guy, pushed around too much, now you're new boyfriend tickles you a little too hard, boom restraining order. Every guy here had a woman sleep with his best friend, now your new girlfriend hugs your cousin a little long, boom car bomb.

  Christopher Titus

  Girlfriend, Cousin, Sex

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Let the girl be thoroughly developed in body and soul, not modeled, like a piece of clay, after some artificial specimen of humanity, with a body like some plate in Godey's book of fashion, and a mind after the type of Father Gregory's pattern daughters, loaded down with the traditions, proprieties, and sentimentalities of generations of silly mothers and grandmothers, but left free to be, to grow, to feel, to think, to act. Development is one thing, that system of cramping, restraining, torturing, perverting, and mystifying, called education, is quite another.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Girl, Mother, Daughter

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ida Husted Harper (1889). “History of woman suffrage”

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