#prevention

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime. ↗

— John Ruskin

#effective #hands #instrument #last #least

America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness and prevention. ↗

— Tom Harkin

#america #because #care #crisis #health care

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#disease #disease-prevention #dr-campbell #healthy #nutrition

There’s a hurricane coming to Florida, and there will be high winds. I should probably turn off my ceiling fans, to try to mitigate the billions of dollars in damages the storm will incur. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#florida #funny #humor #hurricane #loss

Liberty is the prevention of control by others. ↗

— John Acton

#liberty #others #prevention

Prevention is one of the few known ways to reduce demand for health and aged care services. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#aged care #care #demand #few #health

Greater public recognition will also be critical in encouraging prevention and early intervention, and more generally in building public support to meet the challenges of dementia. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#building #challenges #critical #dementia #early

And we think that our citizens and yours would be very angry if they thought that we hadn't taken every possible step for prevention and then for joint action in the likelihood of those who threaten our lives and our well- being, taking action at the same time. ↗

— David Blunkett

#angry #being #citizens #every #hadn

Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

#also #been #communities #deal #difficult

Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and clean water and sanitation. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#aids #carbon #clean #clean water #cuts