Intervention Quotes

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The beneficial effect of state intervention, especially in the form of legislation, is direct, immediate, and so to speak, visible, while its evil effects are… — A. V. Dicey
Whenever there is some trouble in any area of the economy, the simplest solution to many people is "Let the government fix it." Yet ...… — Lawrence Fertig
This attempt to ban smoking is an example of social engineering on a vast scale. Such massive intervention in the private lives and choices of… — Charles Orville Whitley
Hitherto, no rival hypothesis has been proposed as a substitute for the doctrine of transmutation; for 'independent creation,' as it is often termed, or the… — Charles Lyell
It drove home, personally, the value of early detection and education and intervention. — Janet Napolitano
The Lourie Center eases the burden of children and their families through early intervention and diagnoses and treatment. — Beverly Sills
The Lourie Center...is a national pioneer in developing and applying early intervention techniques to diagnose and treat emotional and developmental problems in young children... — Connie Morella
The reasons for legal intervention in favour of children apply not less strongly to the case of those unfortunate slaves and victims of the most… — John Stuart Mill
Governments do not necessarily act in the national interest, especially when making detailed microeconomic interventions. Instead, they are influenced by interest group pressures. The kinds… — Paul Krugman
The timing & characteristics of state intervention affect not only organizational tactics and strategies, but the content and definition of interest itself... Some scholars have… — Theda Skocpol
...Started by missionaries in 1841, Punahou Academy had grown into a prestigious prep school, an incubator for island elites...It hadn't been easy to get me… — Barack Obama
There is still a tendency to regard any existing government intervention as desirable, to attribute all evils to the market, and to evaluate new proposals… — Milton Friedman
We must express the view, based on our empirical observations, that a substantial number of journalists are ignorant, lazy, opinionated, and intellectually dishonest. The profession… — Conrad Black
I don't think we're ever going to be in a position where we can say this is the template, this is the checklist, that must… — Peter MacKay
We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity… — Calvin Coolidge
But their intervention makes our acts to serve ever less merely the immediate claims of our instincts. — Albert Einstein
Since I have always preferred making plans to executing them, I have gravitated towards situations and systems that, once set into operation, could create music… — Brian Eno
I've been watching a lot of A&E's 'Intervention.' I know that's sort of depressing, but I love watching it. — Vanessa Bayer
As Iraq erupts in civil war and America again contemplates intervention, that unfinished business should give new urgency to the question of how the United… — Chelsea Manning
This entire process of stellar evolution is by natural process alone. We do not have to invoke Divine intervention at any stage in the history… — Hugh Ross

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