#prevent

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

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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

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Besides all this, if you are idle, and take to bad courses, you will hurt those of your brethren who are slaves, and do all in your power to prevent their being free. ↗

— Jupiter Hammon

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Exercise is one of the best ways in preventing the rapid growth of obesity in America. ↗

— Lee Haney

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If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin. ↗

— Katharine Butler Hathaway

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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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We must take steps to prevent further nuclear weapons development or modernization. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

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It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

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One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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