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

— George Washington

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Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint. ↗

— Daniel Webster

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Not exactly hit them, but I've restrained a few people. ↗

— Chuck Zito

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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

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Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

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