#excessive

The principle inherent in the clause that prohibits pointless infliction of excessive punishment when less severe punishment can adequately achieve the same purposes invalidates the punishment. ↗

— William J. Brennan

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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

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Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf. ↗

— William James

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No one will deny that the excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic beverages would do more than any other single factor to make impossible a total war effort. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

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Skyrocketing insurance premiums are debilitating our Nation's health care delivery system and liability insurers are either leaving the market or raising rates to excessive levels. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#debilitating #delivery #either #excessive #health

If the United States is to protect itself from the economic and the political threats created by this excessive dependence, we must reduce our reliance on foreign energy sources and on foreign oil as quickly and as efficiently as possible. ↗

— John Shadegg

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Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food. ↗

— Kate Smith

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Sometimes I take a while to get ready to go out. It's not excessive, but it takes me some time to find clean clothes that match. ↗

— Zac Efron

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Most of the time common stocks are subject to irrational and excessive price fluctuations in both directions as the consequence of the ingrained tendency of most people to speculate or gamble... to give way to hope, fear and greed. ↗

— Benjamin Graham

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