Internal Regulation Quotes

Man, double-faced by nature, is placed by Revelation under a sharp, precise external rule, controlling his actions and his thoughts.

The power given to Congress by the Constitution does not extend to the internal regulation of the commerce of a State (that is to say, of the commerce between citizen and citizen) which remain exclusively with its own legislature, but to its external commerce only; that is to say, its commerce with another State, or with foreign nations, or with the Indian tribes.

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

Democracy substitutes self-restraint for external restraint. It is more difficult to maintain than to achieve.

Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.

You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by any of your impositions.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

We have institutionalized a drone program where the oversight is almost completely internalized.