Prevent Quotes

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No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime… — Hannah Arendt
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of their suffering, we… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to… — Aristotle
Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems. — Martha Beck
Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the… — Andrew Bernstein
Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them… — Hugo Black
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent. — Napoleon Bonaparte
My business is to prevent the future. — Ray Bradbury
I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it. — Ray Bradbury
Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the… — Omar N. Bradley
President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. — John O. Brennan
In full accordance with the law - and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to save American lives - the… — John O. Brennan
The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work and even dissuade… — Eli Broad
Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to… — Samuel Butler
I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do. — A. S. Byatt
To prevent discussion of any other explanations of human origins is hardly what I would expect from open-minded educators. — Tony Campolo
It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of… — Samuel Alexander
You're going to be much less likely to point the finger at somebody and create a huge brouhaha when it wasn't necessary if you had… — Benjamin Carson
If you look around, complacency is the great disease of your autumn years, and I work hard to prevent that. — Nick Cave
If I steal money from any person, there may be no harm done from the mere transfer of possession; he may not feel the loss,… — William Kingdon Clifford

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