#strain

Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. (Address to Congress on Resigning Commission Dec 23, 1783) ↗

— George Washington

#humility #patriotism #restraint #freedom

Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people. ↗

— James Bovard

#american #american people #ancient #candor #come

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others. ↗

— Albert Camus

#dies #freedom #imposes #itself #lives

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 entitlement reform - primarily to preserve and protect the future of the Medicare program. Overlooked in all of this is the future of Medicaid. ↗

— Fred Upton

#entitlement #even #focused #future #heavily

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 of the consumer price index. ↗

— Charles Vest

#been #consumer #cost #growth #half

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will. ↗

— George Washington

#act #constrain #enemy #object #our

No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association. ↗

— Johnny Weissmuller

#incessant #marriage #stand #stand up #strain

I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free. ↗

— Martin Yan

#being famous #constraint #famous #free #hindrance

Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#constraining #dangerous #destructive #dogmatic #innovation

Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power. ↗

— Chuck Hagel

#expand #influence #international #leadership #means