#prudent

If slavery, limited as it yet is, now threatens to subvert the Constitution, how can we as wise and prudent statesmen, enlarge its boundaries and increase its influence, and thus increase already impending dangers? ↗

— William H. Seward

#boundaries #constitution #dangers #enlarge #how

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#act #also #circumstances #intelligently #man

The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may be strictly prohibited. ↗

— Townsend Harris

#introduction #japanese #made #may #opium

I have serious concerns about whether it's prudent to give any foreign country substantial leverage over the U.S. economy. Instead of spending $80 billion on important programs here at home, we're sending this money overseas just to pay interest on our debt. ↗

— Tim Johnson

#any #billion #concerns #country #debt

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent. ↗

— Euripides

#ever #fights #prudent #side

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#discretion #enemy #even #friend #more

And I think it's a prudent, responsible way, given the scale of the emergency, the scale of the damage still facing America, that we finance these additional support for the unemployed as well as the support for small business. We think there's a good case for doing it now. We want to do it in an overall fiscally responsible way. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#america #business #case #damage #doing

A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#does #encourage #enterprise #expenditure #father

If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#behaves #even #foes #his #host

The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future. ↗

— Dee Hock

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