But what is liberty without wisdom and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils for it is folly vice and madness without tuition or restraint.
When restraint and courtesy are added to strength the latter becomes irresistible.
In virtually every Western society in the 1960s there was a moral revolution an abandonment of its entire traditional ethic of self-restraint.
For too long in this society we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community.
We shall listen not lecture learn not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy not on military might.
Religion which lays so many restraints upon us is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.
Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity for if man's power is increased the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint.
The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science along with behaviour control genetic engineering transplanted heads computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.
Patience means restraining one's inclinations.
To feel much for others and little for ourselves to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections constitute the perfection of human nature.
It is easier to lead men to combat stirring up their passion than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
The more expansive government is the more perils people face in daily lives be it from IRS agents or from child support services or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power.
I think people should have the legal right to hurt themselves without fearing that they're going to get locked up for doing so. But on a personal level if someone I loved was hurting himself or herself in front of me I would of course try to restrain them.
Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.
There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints the religious authority that is based on the ignorance of the many the political authority that is based on the knowledge of the few.
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place time and ability.