Prevent Quotes

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The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it. — Frank Herbert
It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative matter. — John Wooden
When we helped prevent the massacre of civilians trapped on a distant mountain, here's what one of them said: "We owe our American friends our… — Barack Obama
Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed. — Epicurus
Personally I think there is no doubt that sub-atomic energy is available all around us, and that one day man will release and control its… — Francis William Aston
The aim of medicine is to prevent disease and prolong life, the ideal of medicine is to eliminate the need of a physician. — William James Mayo
Grace is always natural, though that does not prevent its being often used to hide a lie. — Marquis de Custine
Prevent the things you have been doing and you are half-way home. — F. Matthias Alexander
A nation that expects the government to prevent churches from burning, to control the price of bread or gasoline, to secure every job, and to… — William A. Niskanen
One way to prevent conversation from being boring is to say the wrong thing. — Francis Joseph Sheed
If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely traced… — Sun Tzu
Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy's plans, the next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy's forces, the… — Sun Tzu
Only religion can prevent democratic rule from developing into mob rule. A nation can prosper only as its citizens are religious, intelligent, capable of service… — Roger Babson
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it. — Seneca the Younger
The motive for purifying yourself - that you feel spiritually impure - will prevent any genuine gain until you learn to love the impurity you… — Thaddeus Golas
To prevent contact with the entrapped spirits of darkness, you must practice loving all things unconditionally and seek to make contact with your Higher Self,… — Brad Steiger
Gun laws are an attempt to nationalize the right of self-defense. Politicians perennially react to the police's abject failure to prevent crime by trying to… — James Bovard
If it were possible to make an accurate calculation of the evils which police regulations occasion, and of those which they prevent, the number of… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
Republicans have become the party of red, white and blue rose colored glasses. By drowning out criticism with USA! USA!, they prevent this country from… — Bill Maher
Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life. — Naguib Mahfouz

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