Prevent Quotes

1159 Prevent quotes by 860 unique authors

I assume that to prevent illness in later life, you should never have been born at all. — George Bernard Shaw
We are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and… — Ronald Reagan
A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war. — Albert Einstein
In 2003, Congress should have resisted the rush to a war of choice with Iraq. I will do everything in my power to prevent us… — John Garamendi
God, to prevent all escape, hath sown the seeds of death in our very constitution and nature, so that we can as soon run from… — William Gurnall
Growth and mastery come only to those who vigorously self-direct. Initiating, creating, doing, reflecting, freely associating, enjoying privacy-these are precisely what the structures of schooling… — John Taylor Gatto
The parents have to learn that the child should not be insulted, humiliated, condemned. If you want to help him, love him more. Appreciate what… — Rajneesh
The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts. — William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
A vast technology has been developed to prevent, reduce, or terminate exhausting labor and physical damage. It is now dedicated to the production of the… — B.F. Skinner
We cannot idealize technology. Technology is only and always the reflection of our own imagination, and its uses must be conditioned by our own values.… — William J. Clinton
And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or… — Samuel Adams
The justification and the purpose of freedom of speech is not to indulge those who want to speak their minds. It is to prevent error… — Henry Steele Commager
The problem is big government. If whoever controls government can impose his way upon you, you have to fight constantly to prevent the control from… — Harry Browne
...the statement, "The purpose of the law is to cause justice to reign," is not a rigorously accurate statement. It ought to be stated that… — Frederic Bastiat
It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property, since they pre-exist, and his work is only to secure… — Frederic Bastiat
The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty. — Ludwig von Mises
Modern science is necessarily a double-edged tool, a tool that cuts both ways. ... There is no doubt that a Zeppelin is a wonderful thing;… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The solutions put forth by imperialism are the quintessence of simplicity...When they speak of the problems of population and birth, they are in no way… — Fidel Castro
Now nothing can prevent this but mortification; that withers the root and strikes at the head of sin every hour, so that whatever it aims… — John Owen
There is more evidence to prove that saltness [of the sea] is due to the admixture of some substance, besides that which we have adduced.… — Aristotle
Part of what makes a language 'alive' is its constant evolution. I would hate to think Britain would ever emulate France, where they actually have… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love does not prevent us from beginning another. — Paul Bourget
I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and perhaps to liberty… — Abraham Lincoln
I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not… — Abraham Lincoln
It is our wisest and our safest course to stand at the farthest distance from sin; not to go near the house of the harlot,… — Thomas Brooks

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