John Tyler Bonner

That the role of size has been to some degree neglected in biology may lie in its simplicity. Size may be a property that affects all of life, but it seems pallid compared to the matter which makes up life. Yet size is an aspect of the living that plays a remarkable, overreaching role that affects life's matter in all its aspects.

American Educator

Robert Baden-Powell

My belief is that we were put into this world of wonders and beauty with a special ability to appreciate them, in some cases to have the fun of taking a hand in developing them, and also in being able to help other people instead of overreaching them and, through it all, to enjoy life - that is, to be happy.

English Soldier

Jeh Johnson

Those of us in public office and those of us who aspire to public office have a responsibility to be reasonable, fact-based, in our rhetoric and to not suggest things that are unreasonable, to whip up a lot of emotion in public, which can lead to government overreach, fear, suspicions, and prejudice.

American Public Servant

Charles C. Mann

Americans are willing to cheer on politicians who denounce bureaucratic overreach and job-killing red tape in abstract terms. But they turn out to like specific regulations against toxic chemicals in their drinking water.

American Journalist

Tommy Thompson

There is no greater example of government overreach and unrestrained liberalism than 'Obamacare.' It is so deeply flawed and such a clear and present threat to our economic stability that there is no way to fix it.

American Politician

Hans Zimmer

With animated film, you have to create the sonic world; there's nothing there. You get to color things in more and you're allowed to overreach yourself a little bit more, and it's great fun.

German Musician

Steve Forbes

We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values.

American Businessman

Francis Bond Head

Although I had arrived in total darkness the light of truth at once burst upon my mind and I perceived most clearly that the republicans had overreached themselves.

Canadian Statesman

Eugene Scalia

Dodd-Frank is an important statute, but often when the government believes it's handling a particularly important issue, there can be a tendency to overreach.

Ben Sasse

The #MeToo movement is a very important movement. It's messy. And it's complicated. And there are places where it's going to overreach.

Overreach implies ambition leading to one's detriment due to tackling unmanageable tasks.

Ambition Pitfall

Using 'overreach' often suggests an unsuccessful result or failure.

Negative Outcome

Be careful when accusing someone of overreach as it can sound critical.

Extreme Caution

In political contexts, 'overreach' refers to excessive exercise of authority.

Power Dynamics

'Overreach' can indicate dangerous attempts at gaining control, risking downfall.

Risky Strategies

Warns of harmful overconfidence in professional settings.

Career Caution

Stresses the illicit nature of overreach in legal contexts—akin to fraud.

Legal Deception

'Overreach' used legally implies crossing moral lines, not just legal ones.

Ethical Boundaries

 But others felt the Constitution was overreaching and that more centralized authority would return the states to the sort of tyranny they had just escaped. These Anti-Federalists were especially worried by the text's apparent lack of protections for individual liberties. As the conventions proceeded,

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 about the debate around encryption the fact of the matter is strong encryption is a solved problem there is no debate around encryption what's a debate is the implementation now you know we we've heard just yesterday in fact that the FBI in a tremendous act of overreach has started

On data, rights, privacy...

 who is more watchful of our online world? The rules of the game are not that clear anymore, but hackers are perhaps the only ones still capable of challenging overreaching governments and data-hoarding corporates

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