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The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. ↗

— Voltaire

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A theory must be tempered with reality. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

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Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

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Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge! ↗

— William Hague

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As the war on terrorism spreads and prolongs, the fruits of ending the threat of terrorism around the world will be tempered with a whole new series of problems to be addressed and resolved. ↗

— Charles Foster Bass

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Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin. ↗

— Tacitus

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It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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Every day of my life I walk with the idea that I am black, no matter how successful I am. And our success is tempered by that; you're successful in this way given the fact you are black, and most blacks don't get to that point. ↗

— Danny Glover

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