#prevent

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession. ↗

— George Washington

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I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out. ↗

— Ethel Waters

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So the first thing you need to do about conflict is to prevent it, and the best way of preventing it is by dealing with the question of poverty. ↗

— James Wolfensohn

#best #best way #conflict #dealing #first

One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear war. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#go #i #into #leave #led

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life. ↗

— John Wooden

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Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action. ↗

— John Yoo

#action #al #allows #attacks #casualties

We are commanded to love God with all our minds, as well as with all our hearts, and we commit a great sin if we forbid or prevent that cultivation of the mind in others which would enable them to perform this duty. ↗

— Angelina Grimke

#commit #cultivation #duty #enable #forbid

You have to have as many defences in place as you possibly can. But even then of course - and it's important to stress this - you cannot guarantee being able to prevent every attack or every kind of attack. ↗

— William Hague

#attack #being #cannot #course #even

Before the operation on my left hand I wasn't able to stretch my fingers open all the way. I've never had very big hands, but I could do the splits with them. Eventually I couldn't any more. I had a twisted tendon in my little finger that prevented me from being able to stretch. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#any #before #being #big #could

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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