“How shall we mourn you who are killed and wasted, Sure that you would not have wished us to rage against the world?”— Charles Reznikoff
“Judicial modesty is the view that judges should hesitate to strike down laws unless they are clearly unconstitutional.”— Stephen Breyer
“A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained.”— Jimmy Carter
“Men may be without restraints upon their liberty; they cannot be without restraints upon their power.”— Henry Steele Commager
“Grace is what matters in anything... it's a quality I admire greatly. It keeps you from reaching for the gun too quickly. It keeps you from destroying things too foolishly. It sort of keeps you alive.”— Jeff Buckley
“In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to leave alone.”— Gertrude Jekyll
“You have to know when to stop. I think that's the most important thing. Not to do too much.”— Hubert de Givenchy
“Some of us must urge the use of restraint. Our country is in a state of mourning. Some of us must say, let's step back for a moment and think through the implications of our actions today, so that this does not spiral out of control.”— Barbara Lee