set bounds to

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Any institution or organization, any cult or system which tries to bind the restless spirit of man, to set bounds to his curious searchings, to deny the report of his reason, cannot last.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had tried to codify the evil uses of might by individuals, so that he might set bounds to them by the impersonal justice of the state.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

In a small and homogeneous population there is hardly room for a natural classification of society, or for inner groups of interests that set bounds to sovereign power.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

For when Spain saw the small black anchored fleet Ride in her bays, the sight set bounds to fear.

From Collected Poems Volume One by Noyes, Alfred

"Whether it may not be convenient to moderate and set bounds to the authority which the general of the Jesuits exercises in France."

From The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion by Dallas, R. C. (Robert Charles)