#reserve

The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. ↗

— James Madison

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Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and correction: but laws and customs cannot be creative of virtue: they may encourage and help to preserve it; but they cannot originate it. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

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It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle. ↗

— Rollo May

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It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

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There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future. ↗

— Herman Melville

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Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

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So far as I know, there were no pains taken to preserve secrecy on this subject; that is, I saw no attempt made to keep any of the inmates of the Convent in ignorance of the murder of children. ↗

— Maria Monk

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Our policy is very simple. The Jewish state was set up to defend Jewish lives, and we always reserve the right to defend ourselves. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

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We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe. ↗

— Richard Perle

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Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things. ↗

— Hesiod

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