Prevent Quotes

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The Palestinian Rifle is ready and we will aim it if they try to prevent us from praying in Jerusalem. — Yasser Arafat
The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We should strengthen our immigration laws to prevent the importation of foreign wages and working conditions. We should make it illegal for employers to lay… — Edward Kennedy
This does not mean that the enemy is to be allowed to escape. The object is to make him believe that there is a road… — Sun Tzu
The Lord sometimes allows people who are devoted to Him to fall into such dreadful vices; and this is in order to prevent them from… — Seraphim of Sarov
It's absolutely the wrong signal, I think, to those who have entered this country legally or those who may be considering illegal immigration for a… — Elizabeth Dole
Furnish an example, stop preaching, stop shielding, don't prevent self-reliance and initiative, allow your children to develop along thier own lines. — Eleanor Roosevelt
We will be misguided in our intentions if we point at one single thing and say that it will prevent war, unless, of course, that… — Leslie Groves
The Constitution shall never be construed . . . to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own… — Samuel Adams
God never ceases to speak to us, but the noise of the world without and the tumult of our passions within bewilder us and prevent… — Francois Fenelon
Cease to pray and thou will begin to sin. Prayer is not only a means to prevail for mercy but also to prevent sin. — William Gurnall
To strive in prayer means to struggle through those hindrances which would restrain or even prevent us entirely from continuing in persevering prayer. It means… — Ole Hallesby
A moment of prayerful reflection can prevent a lifetime of bitter regret. — Woodrow M. Kroll
The threat of nuclear terrorism is growing faster than our ability to prevent an attack on our homeland. — Joe Lieberman
Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of what occurred. I am not a whole-souled admirer of womankind, as… — Arthur Conan Doyle
There are many who still do not believe that global warming is a problem at all. And it's no wonder: because they are the targets… — Al Gore
This is the road I have tried to follow as a teacher: living my convictions; being open to the process of knowing and being sensitive… — Paulo Freire
I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle: reduce the number of your opponent's shots; force your opponent into low percentage shots; control everything… — Adolph Rupp
...the role of the military is to fight and win war and, therefore, prevent war from happening in the first place. — George W. Bush
There's nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one's mind. — Marcel Proust
Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic. This is a most searching and true diagnosis. Gratitude can be a vaccine that can prevent… — John Henry Jowett
Craft brewers are committed to promoting the safe and moderate consumption of their beverage, and work closely with their communities to prevent underage drinking and… — Sherwood Boehlert
Is it too late to prevent us from self-destructing? No, for we have the capacity to design our own future, to take a lesson from… — Jean-Michel Cousteau
No amount of hatred can prevent an enemy from being right sometimes. — Wes Fesler
Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not only to abstain… — George Washington

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