The rule of law, in its restraint on the exercise of governmental and judicial power, facilitates the aims of those with power of other kinds, particularly economic power.
For in its restraint on political and legal power, the rule of law implies that these public forms of power are the only forms of power that exist, or at least the only ones that matter.
About 10 House Republicans publicly declared opposition to his plan as too timid in its restraints on spending, and about nine more suggested they were leaning against the plan.
He claimed to relish the fairy tale for "its brevity, its severe restraints on description... Its very limitations of vocabulary become an attraction".
The tabloid newspaper The Global Times, not usually known for its restraint, ran an editorial on Friday headlined "For Apple, business must stay business": Apple has won respect from Chinese consumers with its perseverance in developing leading technologies and styles.
"But I don't know - the White House has its own restraints on what it can and cannot do". At the World Bank, Obama talked about "moral vision" and the need for girls around the world to be educated.
The old Constitution, with its restraints and emphasis on limited government, allows individual freedom to work for the common good.
Among the factors in the Portland market's stability are its modest size, restraint on speculative projects and diverse tenant base, including financial services, banks, insurance, health care and professional services companies.
The method of storage must not place its own restraints on the information.
We do not argue against mapping as such, but rather call for critical reflection on its restraints, careful use and, where possible, complementary consideration of other data sources, as well as the combination of different quantitative and qualitative methods.
But Islam is a religion that is readily open to extremist distortion, as all religions are to some extent, and it is ill-equipped to impose restraint on its wilder followers: 70% of the imams in France are self-proclaimed, laments Imam Moulay in Marseilles.
