Can not Quote by Klemens von Metternich

A man can be prevented from breaking into other persons' houses by shutting him up, but shutting him up may not alter his disposition…

— John Dewey

I think a lot of programs, policies have been put in place since 9/11, have prevented a 9/11-style attack. On the other hand, I…

— Michael McCaul

From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented.

— Rick Perry

Could we have prevented in 100% certainty? I don't think anything is that certain. However, we would have had a very, very good chance…

— Sibel Edmonds

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for…

— Omar N. Bradley

There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 11 September attacks. There was nothing demonstrating or showing that something was coming in…

— Condoleezza Rice

I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.

— Chief Joseph

There must have been something in my nature - I believe, with all my heart, that I have conquered it now - which prevented…

— Conrad Veidt

“I believe we have this idea that bad things ought to be prevented from happening.”

— Linda Bender

“There lies the whole crux of the matter; what cannot be prevented must be borne”

— Norah Lofts

“Two types of prophecies exist. Those that will happen no matter what, and those that can be prevented. We can't know which is which.”

— Emlyn Chand

“Nothing could have been prevented. But still you know that somehow something wasn't watching. Something let attention lapse, releasing everything that follows, as the…

— Madison Smartt Bell