Preventing Quotes

214 quotes by 190 authors

The murder of a dozen innocent people is unquestionably a human tragedy. But that is no excuse for reacting blindly by preventing hundreds of thousands… — Thomas Sowell
A heavily armed citizenry is not about overthrowing the government; it is about preventing the government from overthrowing liberty. — Lawrence Hunter
I know deep hurt. But I also know deep hope. Sometimes God's power is shown as much in preventing things as it is in making… — Lysa TerKeurst
Recognizing and preventing men's health problems is not just a man's issue. Because of its impact on wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters, men's health is… — Bill Richardson
We need a new kind of politics. Not the politics of governance, but the politics of resistance. The politics of opposition. The politics of joining… — Arundhati Roy
When it comes to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, I will take no options off the table. ... That includes all elements of… — Barack Obama
The most effective means of preventing tyranny is to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at large, and more especially to… — Thomas Jefferson
That is why, as one who values the U.S. - Israel relationship, and loves Israel, I was near tears throughout the Prime Minister's speech -… — Nancy Pelosi
In this instance of the fire-arms, the Asiatic has been most improperly bracketed with the natives. The British Indian does not need any such restrictions… — Mahatma Gandhi
We wish Pakistan both stability and security; we expect them to understand our legitimate concerns of preventing people from using its soil to inflict problem… — Salman Khurshid
...I do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world;… — Abraham Lincoln
For a long time many believed that there would be an automatic adjustment and counted on a rapid increase in the wages of the emerging… — Laurent Fabius
An industry devoted to serving the public's right to know gives twisted and evil men the means of becoming known.Â This problem is not obviously amenable… — James Taranto
There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force, but the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A little criticism makes me angry, and a little rejection makes me depressed. A little praise raises my spirits, and a little success excites me.… — Henri Nouwen
Learning is to discover that something is possible. We are using most of our energies for self-destructiv e games, self-preventing games. We prevent ourselves from… — Frederick Salomon Perls
We scientists, whose tragic destination has been to help in making the methods of annihilation more gruesome and more effective, must consider it our solemn… — Albert Einstein
A [Jewish] woman could not divorce her husband, but she could petition for divorce, and the religious courts could force him to grant the divorce… — Israel Shenker
We are constantly emphasizing to people that they need to address anything that affects flight safety or mission success - many pathways to do that.… — Ellen Ochoa
Preventing the conflicts of tomorrow means changing the mind-set of youth today. — Graca Machel

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