Prevent Quotes

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Those who would legislate against the teaching of evolution should also legislate against gravity, electricity and the unreasonable velocity of light, and also, should introduce… — Luther Burbank
...where legitimate opportunities are closed, illegitimate opportunities are seized. Whatever opens opportunity and hope will help to prevent crime and foster responsibility. — Lyndon B. Johnson
Those who commit these types of scandals are guility of the spiritual equivalent of murder, but I, here among you to prevent something far worst… — Saint Francis de Sales
It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying. — Napoleon Bonaparte
[W]e declare it is a grievous sin before God to adopt restrictive measures in disobedience to God's divine command from the beginning of time to… — Harold B. Lee
It is dangerous and harmful to be guided in our life's course by hatreds and aversions, for they are wasteful of energy and limit and… — Jawaharlal Nehru
The men of wealth who today are trying to prevent the regulation and control of their business in the interest of the public by the… — Theodore Roosevelt
And when we view a flag, which to the eye is beautiful, and to contemplate its rise and origin inspires a sensation of sublime delight,… — Thomas Paine
I think there's a fundamental moral issue about whether it's right for a machine to decide to kill a person. It's bad enough that people… — Judy Woodruff
The more money a woman has, the more educated she is, and the more educated she is, the more she knows about how to prevent… — Natalie Portman
The other thing is going to be me being able to show not just the American people or the Israeli people but the world that,… — Barack Obama
Liberty cannot be sacrificed for the sake of temperance, for the sake of morality, or for the sake of anything. It is of more value… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Absolutely. Regret is counterproductive. It's looking back on a past that you can't change. Questioning things as they occur can prevent regret in the future.… — Colleen Hoover
A lot of my humor centers on the act of telling jokes and I think this can prevent certain audiences from suspending their feeling of… — Michael Showalter
The deadly arms race, and the huge resources it absorbs, have too long overshadowed all else we must do. We must prevent that arms race… — John F. Kennedy
[Magna Carta provided] "a system of checks and balances which would accord the monarchy its necessary strength, but would prevent its perversion by a tyrant… — Winston Churchill
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone. Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring… — Wystan Hugh Auden
People try to reconcile you to a disappointment in love by asking why you should cherish a passion for an object that has proved itself… — William Hazlitt
Countries, therefore, when lawmaking falls exclusively to the lot of the poor cannot hope for much economy in public expenditure; expenses will always be considerable,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Men and women ... do you not realize that the State is the worst enemy you have? It is a machine that crushes you in… — Emma Goldman

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