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When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.


Mahatma Gandhi


#becomes #courtesy #irresistible #latter #restraint

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.


John Locke


#beings #capable #created #end #enlarge

Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission.


Patrick MacGill


#certain #danger #destruction #doubly #engine

There is a Passion natural to the Mind of man, especially a free Man, which renders him impatient of Restraint.


George Mason


#free #free man #him #impatient #man

Communities need to feel that they can accommodate people. Rather than feeling that it's not possible to integrate and that the stress and strain on housing and public services is too great.


Theresa May


#communities #feel #feeling #great #housing

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.


John McCarthy


#better #both #face #honesty #humanity

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


#find #i #less #lust #many

Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy.


Mary Wortley Montagu


#comfort #common #common enemy #cordial #deny

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.


Marianne Moore


#deepest #feeling #itself #restraint #shows

Illegal immigration is crisis for our country. It is an open door for drugs, criminals, and potential terrorists to enter our country. It is straining our economy, adding costs to our judicial, healthcare, and education systems.


Timothy Murphy


#costs #country #criminals #crisis #door






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