"I cannot prevent the French from being French" — Charles de Gaulle

More Cannot Prevent Quotes

This quote is filed under Cannot Prevent Quotes, one of 27 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce… — Maya Angelou
• Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is… — Martin Luther
• Personally I think there is no doubt that sub-atomic energy is available all around us, and that one day man… — Francis William Aston
• Present-Day Wickedness, Apostasy and Modern Civilization Cannot Prevent Revival. — John R. Rice
• Perhaps we cannot prevent this world from being a world in which children are tortured. But we can reduce the… — Albert Camus
• To have security against atomic bombs and against the other biological weapons, we have to prevent war, for if we… — Albert Einstein
• We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves to our judgment of others. The fact that we are… — Eric Hoffer
• In a world of businessmen and financial intermediaries who aggressively seek profit, innovators will always outpace regulators; the authorities cannot… — Hyman Minsky
• You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time. — Albert Einstein
• I cannot prevent anyone from getting angry, or mad, or frustrated. I can only hope that they'll turn that anger… — Harvey Milk
• Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it. — Mason Cooley
• I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans… — Vernor Vinge

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