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To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.

I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time.

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.

We are committed to peace, to moderation, and to the values that can ensure that we build a better future for our children.

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn’t exactly been one of moderation.

Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

The forces of moderation and democracy must, and will, prevail against extremism and dictatorship. I will not be intimidated… Despite threats of death, I will not acquiesce to tyranny, but rather lead the fight against it.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.