I well knew that to propose something which would be called extreme, was the true way not to impede but to facilitate a more moderate experiment. John Stuart Mill
Never should the power of an individual be allowed to impede the progress of the rest of the nation; never should the power of a nation be allowed to impede the progress of mankind. Leon Bourgeois
A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation. Napoleon Bonaparte
At present we live to impede each other's satisfactions; competition, domestic life, society, what is it all but this? Florence Nightingale
The things... which are proper to the understanding no other man is used to impede. Marcus Aurelius
In the employment of labour and machinery, it is often found that the effects can be increased by skilful distribution, by separating all those operations which have any tendency to impede one another, and by bringing together all those operations which can be made in any way to aid one another. James Mill