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![The Declaration [of Independence] was not a protest against government, but against the excess of government. It prescribed the proper role of government, to secure the rights of individuals and to effect their safety and happiness. In modern society, no individual can do this alone. So government is not a necessary evil but a necessary good Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/816/815040/815040.webp "The Declaration [of Independence] was not a protest against government, but against the excess of government. It prescribed the proper role of government, to secure the rights of individuals and to effect their safety and happiness. In modern society, no individual can do this alone. So government is not a necessary evil but a necessary good Picture Quote #1")
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Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, which will itself need reforming (Excess Quotes)
Only just the right quantum of wit should be put into a book; in conversation a little excess is allowable (Excess Quotes)
Music is the only sensual gratification which mankind may indulge in to excess without injury to their moral or religious feelings (Excess Quotes)
The excess of the voluptuary, like the austerities of the recluse, triumphs in the suffrage of perverted reason (Excess Quotes)
God puts the excess of hope in one man, in order that it may be a medicine to the man who is despondent (Excess Quotes)
The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness (Excess Quotes)
Too great carelessness, equally with excess in dress, multiplies the wrinkles of old age, and makes its decay still more conspicuous (Excess Quotes)
Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess (Excess Quotes)
As frost, raised to its utmost intensity, produces the sensation of fire, so any good quality, overwrought and pushed to excess, turns into its own contrary (Excess Quotes)
As fate is inexorable, and not to be moved either with tears or reproaches, an excess of sorrow is as foolish as profuse laughter; while, on the other hand, not to mourn at all is insensibility (Excess Quotes)
Excess in apparel is another costly folly. The very trimming of the vain world would clothe all the naked ones (Excess Quotes)
Excess of severity is not the path to order. On the contrary, it is the path to the bomb (Excess Quotes)
Don’t accumulate if you do not need. The excess of wealth in your hands is for the society, and you are the trustee for the same (Excess Quotes)
I have not been afraid of excess: excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit (Excess Quotes)
Your body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess baggage, the shorter the trip (Excess Quotes)
Excess of love, did ye say? There was no excess, there was defect. She loved her son too little, not too much. If she had loved him more there’d be no difficulty (Excess Quotes)
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not (Excess Quotes)
Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need (Excess Quotes)
If Earth ever suffers a runaway greenhouse effect (like what has happened on Venus), then our atmosphere would trap excess amounts of solar energy, the air temperature would rise, and the oceans would swiftly evaporate into the atmosphere as they sustained a rolling boil. This would be bad (Excess Quotes)
The Declaration [of Independence] was not a protest against government, but against the excess of government. It prescribed the proper role of government, to secure the rights of individuals and to effect their safety and happiness. In modern society, no individual can do this alone. So government is not a necessary evil but a necessary good (Excess Quotes)
In the fetus, or a really young child, all the different brain areas are connected to each other, diffusely. And as the brain develops, the excess connections are turned off, so you get very specialized areas. So most people have really specialized talents. What happens in creative people is this pooling doesn’t take place (Excess Quotes)
According to Kim Jong-Il’s biography, they say he has been constantly accused of dishonesty, drunkenness and sexual excess. So if he lived here, he could be in Congress (Excess Quotes)
I like to push myself to achieve a certain quality, eliminate the excess detail. I always want a high degree of purity (Excess Quotes)
Excess in moderation: don’t drink a few beers every day after work, wait ‘till the end of the month and drink all the beers at once. (Excess Quotes)
The love of lucre, though sometimes carried to a ridiculous excess, a vicious excess, is the grand cause of prosperity to all States. (Excess Quotes)
Excess body fat alters the levels of the hormones insulin, leptin, and estrogen, and these factors are believed to be responsible for the acceleration of pubertal timing by obesity. (Excess Quotes)
I have had just an excess of energy. That’s why I’ve always been active. (Excess Quotes)
Excess dietary salt is most notorious for increasing blood pressure. Americans have a 90 percent lifetime probability of developing high blood pressure - so even if your blood pressure is normal now, if you continue to eat the typical American diet, you will be at risk. (Excess Quotes)
An elegant simplicity is an understated, organic aesthetic that contrasts with the excess of consumerist lifestyles. Drawing from influences ranging from Zen to the Quakers, it celebrates natural materials and clean, functional expressions, such as are found in many of the hand-made arts and crafts from this community. (Excess Quotes)
Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward. (Excess Quotes)