This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless it were natural. – Algernon Sidney
Mr. Obama’s choices show how fundamentally unserious he is about deficit reduction and spending restraint. – Monica Crowley
To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible. – Maimonides