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

The glory of the Athenian democrats is, not that they escaped the worst consequences of their principle, but that, having twice cast out the usurping oligarchy, they set bounds to their own power.

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

But he is very far from always foreseeing the future, or succeeding always in misleading us; God has set bounds to his malice.

From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry

During this time, Maximus, the usurper of Gaul, had acted toward the empress and her feeble son with apparent friendliness; but he had not in reality set bounds to the range of his ambition.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred