War is not the best way of settling differences; it is the only way of preventing their being settled for you.
It was decided by the university of Coimbre that the sight of several persons being slowly burned in great ceremony is an infallible secret for preventing earthquakes.
When you steal from the library, you are preventing anyone else from reading that book, and the very notion makes me want to drop you in the Void.
Categorizing is necessary for humans, but it becomes pathological when the category is seen as definitive, preventing people from considering the fuzziness of boundaries, let alone revising their categories.
Many access roads are too dangerous for relief workers, preventing them from carrying out assessments or reaching people in need.
The way to prevent war is to bend every energy toward preventing it, not to proceed by the dubious indirection of preparing for it.
We have forgotten that curing cancer starts with preventing cancer in the first place.
Since 9/11, the U.S.A. Patriot Act has torn down the invisible wall that was perceived as preventing the FBI and CIA from sharing information.
The JCPOA is working - preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. It's time for the Republicans to start working, too.
FISA is one of the most important investigative tools we've got in preventing our adversaries from harming our country.
So we are fulfilling our task in preventing serious armament stocks in Iraq within our possibilities.
The efficiency of a truly national leader consists primarily in preventing the division of the attention of a people, and always in concentrating it on a single enemy.
I am convinced there is no more effective method of preventing a war than a decisive stance illustrating that we are ready at any moment to repel possible attack.
We wish Pakistan both stability and security; we expect them to understand our legitimate concerns of preventing people from using its soil to inflict problem in India.
Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.
It is not worth while to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible.
And here a most heinous charge is made, that the nation has been burdened with unnecessary expenses for the sole purpose of preventing the discharge of our debts and the abolition of taxes.
If the Sharia was to be implemented elsewhere, and, as part of its foreign policy, it would remove the operators in the way of preventing the Sharia.
Each day, millions of police officers do the selfless work of putting their lives on the line to protect civilians, frequently responding to or preventing crises completely with no recognition.
What the people want the most is to keep a balance between preventing further infections of the novel coronavirus and promoting economic activities.
Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists.
The cardinal maxim is, that any aid to a present bad Bank is the surest mode of preventing the establishment of a future good Bank.
Nine-tenths of our measures for preventing vice are really protective towards it, because they ward off the penalty.
Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda.
Government owes its birth to the necessity of preventing and repressing the injuries which the associated individuals had to fear from one another.
The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.
Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.
Retailers have an important part to play in preventing knife crime - enforcing age restrictions and displaying knives safely is crucial.
To be an enduring, great company, you have to build a mechanism for preventing or solving problems that will long outlast any one individual leader.
The bottom line is this. When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the problem, you're part of the solution.
I paint a little and keep sketchbooks because it has the effect of preventing me becoming lazy about looking. The subject could be anything.
A lot of what is preventing us from getting things done on the federal level is that there is too much influence from special interests over members of Congress.
We're told another large-scale terrorist attack is inevitable by those people who have committed so many resources to preventing it. They likely know what they're talking about.
Tragedy takes us to the very state of consciousness which, were we to hold to it, would go far toward preventing further tragedies.
Access to the outside world is preventing more censorship. I do think information flow is happening in China. .. There's no doubt in my mind that it's been a huge plus.
You are quite correct in saying that I banned the export of monkeys on a humanitarian basis and not because the number was lessening... I believe in preventing cruelty to all living beings in any form.
True prevention is not waiting for bad things to happen, it's preventing things from happening in the first place.
Suffering is nothing. It's all a matter of preventing those you love from suffering.
The chief problem in any community cursed with crime is not the punishment of the criminals, but the preventing of the young from being trained to crime.
From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for the future: eradicating poverty, preventing conflict and promoting democracy.
I have a number of proposals how to tackle this issue of self radicalization. I would set up a team exclusively dedicated to detecting and preventing lone wolf attacks.
A lot of clay court players want rhythm. They want the time to play from the baseline, and it's about preventing them from having that.
Preventing ongoing extinction of elephants, rhinoceroses, and other threatened species is critically important. By all means, we must set priorities for allocating finite conservation resources.
We need to close the tap, which means preventing more plastic from reaching the ocean in the first place.
Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones.
Preventing cardiovascular disease can help free up critical resources for treating HIV/AIDS and other illnesses.
There is nothing preventing the enemy reaching Paris. We were fighting on our last line and it has been breached. I am helpless, I cannot intervene.
To be blunt, we need to remove the administrative barriers preventing legitimate research into medical marijuana, which is why I've decided to roll out the MEDS Act.
Political correctness means nothing to me. Nothing. It's the new Puritanism, darling. Preventing us from expressing ourselves.
Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of Tawheed and reaping the fruits of righteous actions.
Progress among the youngest children is especially important because we know that preventing obesity at an early age helps young people maintain a healthy weight into adulthood.
The most effective means of preventing tyranny is to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at large, and more especially to give them knowledge of those facts.
The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing a number of bad ones.
Charles Fox said that restorations were the most bloody of all revolutions; and he might have added that reformations are the best mode of preventing the necessity of either.
Those who refuse to look at or give expression to the dark side of life are in denial-fear preventing passage through the door of growth, truth and, ultimately, wisdom.
President Obama signed a bill preventing members of Congress from profiting from insider trading. Didn't you think that was already illegal?
Contraceptives have a proven track record of enhancing the health of women and children, preventing unintended pregnancy, and reducing the need for abortion.
As the Chair of the National Security Council Sub-Committee overseeing the CSSF and Prosperity Fund, I am proud of what it has achieved in tackling instability and preventing conflicts that threaten U.K. interests.
Respecting the sovereignty means preventing coups, unconstitutional actions and illegitimate overthrowing of the legitimate government. All these things should be totally prevented.
When you think of driverless cars, there's a huge potential for these cars to save lives by preventing accidents and by reducing congestion on highways.
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