I'm wondering if you really can get all your ducks and duckchesses in a row, if you leave the responsibility of moderation to anyone except yourself? That could really fowl up the works.
Here you go:
"Do you really think you can keep all your Ducks properly aligned?"
And that is a very good example of my self moderation, proving the success of this new policy.
This takes us back to the very roots of democracy, in the ancient Greek forum.
The essential thought is found in the work of the Greek poet Hesiod (c.700 bc), ‘observe due measure; moderation is best in all things’, and of the Roman comic dramatist Plautus (c.250–184 bc), ‘moderation in all...