Prevent Quotes
1159 Prevent quotes by 860 unique authors
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We love the indomitable bellicose patriotism that sets you apart; we love the national pride that guides your muscularly courageous race; we love the potent…
— Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
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Whatever defamation of character my enemies are spreading about me, I do not feel the need to justify myself toward them. While discretion obliges me…
— Toussaint Louverture
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It took the Gulf War to demonstrate that America did want more than one friend in the Mideast, and also was willing to take and…
— Caspar Weinberger
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Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against…
— Edward Snowden
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In today’s world, however, the number of children in a family is a matter of profound public concern. The law regulates other highly personal matters.…
— John Holdren
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I wish that being famous helped prevent me from being constipated.
— Marvin Gaye
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The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great-grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use…
— Unknown Author
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I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not concert…
— Woodrow Wilson
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The current generation of world leaders -- our generation -- is also being called to face significant challenges concerning peace, collective security and the environment.…
— Dilma Rousseff
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The Administration has made critical mistakes and errors in judgment leading up to the war in Iraq. The President refuses to acknowledge these mistakes, and…
— Zoe Lofgren
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There are those, on the one hand, who hope to achieve the social revolution through the State by preserving and even extending most of its…
— Peter Kropotkin
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Control of thought is more important for governments that are free and popular than for despotic and military states. The logic is straightforward: a despotic…
— Noam Chomsky
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Warned by the disaster of the last great war, the statesmen of all nations have been taking measures to prevent the return of another such…
— Frank B. Kellogg
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We cannot and will not ban the creation of violent video games. But, we can prevent the distribution of these disturbing games to children, where…
— Herb Kohl
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Don't accommodate any degree of temptation. Prevent sin and avoid having to deal with its inevitable destruction. So, turn it off! Look away! Avoid it…
— Dallin H. Oaks
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Rick Santorum doesn't like sex. He doesn't like the pill. He really doesn't like condoms. He said if men are going to pull something on…
— Bill Maher
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Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on the other hand,…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Guantanamo allows us to secure dangerous detainees without the risk of escape, while at the same time providing us with valuable intelligence information on how…
— Jim Ryun
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The underlying idea is that you can prevent disease by balancing your body's pH... None of these claims are true. Furthermore, your body needs absolutely…
— Andrew Weil
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The Internet gives us everything and forces us to filter it not by the workings of culture, but with our own brains. This risks creating…
— Umberto Eco
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What degree of proof about the human catastrophe from global climate change do we need, before we are motivated to act to prevent it?
— Eric Chivian
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St. John of the Cross points out that the divine music can best be heard in solitude and silence. The sonorous music is not a…
— Charles Cumming
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I watch too much cable, I admit. Day after day it gets frustrating. Yesterday I watched as someone called legislation to prevent teacher layoffs a…
— Robert Gibbs
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Man must learn to rely upon himself. Reading bibles will not protect him from the blasts of winter, but houses, fires. and clothing will. To…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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If the genius of invention were to reveal to-morrow the secret of immortality, of eternal beauty and youth, for which all humanity is aching, the…
— Nikola Tesla
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