The cardinal maxim is, that any aid to a present bad Bank is the surest mode of preventing the establishment of a… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
One of the most persistent fallacies about the Christian Church is that it kept learning alive during the Dark and Middle Ages.… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
Physics admits of a lovely unification, not just at the level of fundamental forces, but when considering its extent and implications. Classifications… — Ted Chiang Copy Share Image
Who will govern the governors? There is only one force in the nation that can be depended upon to keep the government… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The happiness of society depends so much on preventing party spirit from infecting the common intercourse of life, that nothing should be… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Last month, the House of Representatives passed the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act, which would provide training and assistance to unemployed veterans,… — Joe Heck Copy Share Image
The efficiency of a truly national leader consists primarily in preventing the division of the attention of a people, and always in… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
If you live your life all out today, not only is it fun, but you are preventing a midlife crisis. — Daphne Oz Copy Share Image
Citizens as conceived by governments are persons who admire the status quo and are prepared to exert themselves for its preservation. Oddly… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons. — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
I think that if the atomic bomb did nothing more, it scared the people to the point where they realized that either… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Before I even came into office, I said that preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon was a priority. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Could we have prevented in 100% certainty? I don't think anything is that certain. However, we would have had a very, very… — Sibel Edmonds Copy Share Image
But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
It was decided by the university of Coimbre that the sight of several persons being slowly burned in great ceremony is an… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The soul sins therefore because, while aiming at good, it makes mistakes about the good, because it is not primary essence. And… — Sallust Copy Share Image
Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
Marriage can be a religious thing. It can also be a secular thing. And guess what? Not everyone in the world is… — Hank Green Copy Share Image
An 'unintended pregnancy' could be a wonderful surprise, not planned but welcome. Why should the government be in the business of 'preventing'… — Wendy Wright Copy Share Image
We got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel. So I've told people that if you're… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We have forgotten that curing cancer starts with preventing cancer in the first place. — David Agus Copy Share Image
In the wiretapping, despite all the momentum for a more assertive Congress, you're seeing Congress backing down, because there are many Republicans… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If we are really serious about preventing another crisis like the 2008 meltdown, we should simply ban complex financial instruments unless they… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
