The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.

I have two daughters and I have done everything in my power to prevent them from assimilating even being aware of my idiocy about my weight.

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary whatever the punishment once a specific crime has appeared for the first time its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been.

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others. His own good either physical or moral is not sufficient warrant.

Next to enjoying ourselves the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves or more generally in the acquisition of power.

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

'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in.

There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.

Poetry should help not only to refine the language of the time but to prevent it from changing too rapidly.

I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace.

These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace but in my opinion they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations.

Each one of these treaties is a step for the maintenance of peace an additional guarantee against war. It is through such machinery that the disputes between nations will be settled and war prevented.

The Iranian regime suppresses its own people as well as others in the region. It prevents peace by sponsoring terror globally. With the ultimate weapon that it is deceptively developing the regime aims to gain hegemony over the entire Middle East and hold the world's economy hostage.

Next to the love of God the love of country is the best preventive of crime.

Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.

Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments.

I was proud to share the stories of my friends at Georgetown Law who have suffered dire medical consequences because our student insurance does not cover contraception for the purpose of preventing pregnancy.