Intervention Quotes

280 quotes by 246 authors

I believe that the formation of the Chekas was one of the gravest and most impermissible errors that the Bolshevik leaders committed in 1918 when… — Victor Serge
We are moving rapidly from an era of an oligopoly of content providers to an oligopoly of content controllers: new choke points. This is not… — Dan Gillmor
... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome - not opportunity,… — Noam Chomsky
In practice, without appropriate government intervention, Smith's "invisible hand" dons brass knuckles and conducts gang warfare, creating fierce battles between competitors who would be more… — Denise Caruso
When government takes away options, it is bound to make some people worse off, even with intrinsicallly good intentions behind that government intervention. — Thomas Sowell
The success of an intervention depends on the interior condition of the intervenor. — Bill O'Brien
Intervention giving is emotional and the results are measurable. — Andy Stanley
I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living - to personally devote oneself… — Chuck Feeney
This legislation confronts the human truth that the need for clean water knows no borders, and proper management and intervention can be a currency for… — Bill Frist
My activities, for which I gratefully accept this Award, are today what they have been for over thirty-five years and will be for the rest… — Daniel Ellsberg
This is the gravest danger that today threatens civilization: State intervention; the absorption of all spontaneous social effort by the State, that is to say,… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II — William Blum
We need to stop Sharon. His lethal policies are drawing blood on both sides. That's why we need a serious intervention -- international troops. And… — Hanan Ashrawi
I was certainly not inclined to decriminalise. However, during my time in the unit, as I saw more and more evidence of 'what works', to… — Julian Critchley
The Greeks distinguished between good and bad behavior, language that enhanced or diminished persons. Being intoxicated with scientism, we fail to recognize that the seemingly… — Thomas Szasz
Military intervention to maintain the global status quo will become a constant feature of international relations, whether this is justified in terms of fighting drugs,… — Walden Bello
Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. — Mark Batterson
Imagination is intervention, an act of defiance. It alters belief. — David Mura
If we keep our little flame alive, our first feeling of enthusiasm of who we are, without the influence or intervention of others, we will… — Patti Smith
..where effective competition can be created, it is a better way of guiding individual efforts than any other... regards competition as superior not only because… — Friedrich August von Hayek

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