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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. (Quote by - Edmund Burke)

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. (Quote by - Michel de Montaigne)

Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint. (Quote by - Mahatma Gandhi)

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude. (Quote by - Alexis de Tocqueville)

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself. (Quote by - Henry Brooks Adams)

I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far. (Quote by - Mae West)

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty. (Quote by - John Ruskin)

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