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Prevent Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
- In towns it is impossible to prevent men from assembling, getting excited together and forming sudden passionate resolves. Towns are like great meeting houses with…
- 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,…
- It is above all in the present democratic age that the true friends of liberty and human grandeur must remain constantly vigilant and ready to…
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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire… — Aristotle
- Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real… — Martha Beck
- Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the… — Andrew Bernstein
- Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people… — Hugo Black
- One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- My business is to prevent the future. — Ray Bradbury
- I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it. — Ray Bradbury
- Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the… — Omar N. Bradley
- President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. — John O. Brennan
- In full accordance with the law - and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to save American… — John O. Brennan