Prevent Quotes

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If you give the government the right to determine the consumption of the human body, to determine whether one should smoke or not smoke, drink… — Ludwig von Mises
Nothing has a greater tendency to lessen the reverence which mankind ought to have for the Supreme Being, than a careless repetition of his name… — Noah Webster
In reality, moral rules are directions for running the human machine. Every moral rule is there to prevent a breakdown, or a strain, or a… — C.S. Lewis
False notions of liberty are strangely common. People talk of it as if it meant the liberty of doing whatever one likes - whereas the… — Frederick William Robertson
I have been happy . . . in believing that . . . whatever follies we may be led into as to foreign nations, we… — Thomas Jefferson
In the simplest of terms, what we are doing in Korea is this: We are trying to prevent a third world war. — Harry S. Truman
We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves to our judgment of others. The fact that we are never of one kind, that… — Eric Hoffer
So, to prevent fatigue and worry, the first rule is: Rest often. Rest before you get tired. — Dale Carnegie
[I]t is more convenient to prevent the passage of a law, than to declare it void after it has passed. — James Madison
The most fundamental paradox is that, if we're never to use force, we must be prepared to use it and to use it successfully. We… — Ronald Reagan
To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better. — Tryon Edwards
Religion has run out of justifications. Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, it no longer offers an explanation of anything important. Where once it… — Christopher Hitchens
Rituals, even unhappy ones, provide a measure of comfort. Like a superstitious ballplayer who will only use certain bats, my depression rituals have become a… — David Karp
Success requires enough optimism to provide hope and enough pessimism to prevent complacency. — David Myers
I hereby pledge that, if elected to represent the people of South Dakota, I will never vote to shut down their government, or to place… — Rick Weiland
Now it would be foolish and impossible to try and prevent the manufacture of films containing Canadian snow scenes; but there is no vestige of… — Charles Paul
Nothing can prevent the united consumer from working for themselves with the aid of mutual credit, from building factories, workshops, houses for themselves, from acquiring… — Gustav Landauer
These are the best reasons to do anything in life. People who say things like this are the kind of people who change the world.… — Martine Leavitt
Famous Playboy Hugh Hefner managed to successfully stop an order of monks from operating a business on his property. The police forced the friars to… — Colin Mochrie
I think the idea that death is not the end, that your dog's just gone to live on the farm, is limiting. Thoughts like that… — Jimmy Carr

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