Prevent Quotes

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And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or… — Samuel Adams
The justification and the purpose of freedom of speech is not to indulge those who want to speak their minds. It is to prevent error… — Henry Steele Commager
The problem is big government. If whoever controls government can impose his way upon you, you have to fight constantly to prevent the control from… — Harry Browne
...the statement, "The purpose of the law is to cause justice to reign," is not a rigorously accurate statement. It ought to be stated that… — Frederic Bastiat
It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property, since they pre-exist, and his work is only to secure… — Frederic Bastiat
The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty. — Ludwig von Mises
Modern science is necessarily a double-edged tool, a tool that cuts both ways. ... There is no doubt that a Zeppelin is a wonderful thing;… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The solutions put forth by imperialism are the quintessence of simplicity...When they speak of the problems of population and birth, they are in no way… — Fidel Castro
Now nothing can prevent this but mortification; that withers the root and strikes at the head of sin every hour, so that whatever it aims… — John Owen
There is more evidence to prove that saltness [of the sea] is due to the admixture of some substance, besides that which we have adduced.… — Aristotle
Part of what makes a language 'alive' is its constant evolution. I would hate to think Britain would ever emulate France, where they actually have… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love does not prevent us from beginning another. — Paul Bourget
I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and perhaps to liberty… — Abraham Lincoln
I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not… — Abraham Lincoln
It is our wisest and our safest course to stand at the farthest distance from sin; not to go near the house of the harlot,… — Thomas Brooks
It is not in our hands to prevent our birth; but we can correct this mistake - for in some cases it is a mistake. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Never Forget, even for an instant, that the one and only reason anybody has for taking your gun away is to make you weaker than… — L. Neil Smith
Getting hold of illegal weapons is so easy that gun laws would not stop anyone who really wanted to kill. The gun used by Martin… — David Icke
Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should… — Martin Luther
Hell itself does not contain greater monsters of iniquity than you and I might become. Within the magazine of our hearts there is power enough… — Charles Spurgeon

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