Top Preventing Quotes
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
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.
Robert Walpole
Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.
Paul Valery
The best method for preventing destructive cult involvement is preventative education. If students and the public at large are more aware of destructive groups beforehand they may better understand and resist their recruitment efforts.
Rick Ross
Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.
Bertrand Russell
All Preventing Quotes
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 
58% of people like this quote
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.
Robert Walpole 
56% of people like this quote
Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.
Paul Valery 
56% of people like this quote
The best method for preventing destructive cult involvement is preventative education. If students and the public at large are more aware of destructive groups beforehand they may better understand and resist their recruitment efforts.
Rick Ross 
56% of people like this quote
Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.
Bertrand Russell 
55% of people like this quote
In the 1990s, we introduced Boston's community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a national model for preventing and fighting crime.
Thomas Menino 
54% of people like this quote
Our strategy is one of preventing war by making it self-evident to our enemies that they're going to get their clocks cleaned if they start one.
John W. Vessey, Jr. 
52% of people like this quote
Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones.
William Lyon Mackenzie King 
52% of people like this quote
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