Prevent Quotes

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The admitted right of a government to prevent the influx of elements hostile to its internal peace and security may not be questioned, even where… — Grover Cleveland
The great principle of Justice: prevent crime rather than punish it. All that is needed to execute a guilty man is a firing squad or… — Augusto Roa Bastos
We must carry the war into every corner the enemy happens to carry it, to his home, to his centers of entertainment: a total war.… — Che Guevara
Nobody has a right to whip me but my own master, and nobody shall do so if I can prevent it — Elizabeth Keckley
Man can and must prevent the tragedy of famine in the future instead of merely trying with pious regret to salvage the human wreckage of… — Norman Borlaug
You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time. — Albert Einstein
Nothing can prevent us from another day and night, and the myth of perpetual flight. — Bertrand Piccard
About the gods I have no means of knowing either that they exist or that they do not exist or what they are to look… — Protagoras
Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent… — Kingman Brewster, Jr.
Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands. — Friedrich Durrenmatt
The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear… — Tacitus
Good intentions, regular worship, Bible study, do not prevent blindness. Part of our sinful nature instinctively chooses to see what we want to see and… — David Platt
We cultivate our feelings the way we cultivate a garden: we can't entirely prevent weeds from coming up, but we can take care to remove… — Phillip Cary
Much like the removal of moles and skin lesions is done to prevent them from growing into more serious skin abnormalities, removing minor discord before… — T.D. Jakes
I am sick of diseases, I want to know origins and processesâ€¦If we are to prevent disease it is to the beginning of the chain… — Clifford Allbutt
Theory is good; but it doesn't prevent things from existing. — Jean-Martin Charcot
How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to… — E T A Hoffmann
You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive. — Sun Tzu
Besides all this, if you are idle, and take to bad courses, you will hurt those of your brethren who are slaves, and do all… — Jupiter Hammon

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