I think individuals have a right to privacy, but that ought to include the right to prevent private institutions from monitoring what you do and building up a personal profile for you so that they can direct you in particular ways by their effective control over the internet, and that doesn't happen of course.
So many new ideas are at first strange and horrible though ultimately valuable that a very heavy responsibility rests upon those who would prevent their dissemination.
Never underestimate the repellent power of a negative mental attitude. It can prevent life's lucky breaks from benefiting you.
Nothing comes into being without a cause and when all the conditions are created, there is nothing that can prevent the consequence.
Affection is important because it counters anger, hatred and suspicion that can prevent our minds from functioning clearly.
I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and perhaps to liberty itself (paradox though it may seem) to let the slavery of the other states alone; while, on the other hand, I hold it to be equally clear, that we should never knowingly lend ourselves directly or indirectly, to prevent that slavery from dying a natural death--to find new places for it to live in, when it can no longer exist in the old.
Let the people have property and they will have power - a power that will forever be exerted to prevent the restriction of the press, the abolition of trial by jury, or the abridgment of any other privilege.
Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure. At least we will be able to prevent the advent of negative conduct dominated by negative emotion. That is 'shila', or moral ethics. Once we develop this by familiarizing ourselves with it, along with mindfulness and conscientiousness, eventually that pattern and way of life will become a part of our own life.
Our first responsibility in the midst of violence is to prevent it from destroying us.
And that's the mission of The Innocence Project in New York, is to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted, and also work from a policy angle with Congress and state legislatures to prevent future wrongful convictions.
No great leader in history fought to prevent change.
Alternative medicine plays into this exaggerated notion that you can prevent disease simply by doing the right thing.
Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made.
I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can. Some will get wealthy. I dont believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good.
Wars are to the body politic, what drams are to the individual. There are times when they may prevent a sudden death, but if frequently resorted to, or long persisted in, they heighten the energies only to hasten the dissolution.
Since September 11, the U. S. has significantly improved its security to prevent another attack.
Nobody has yet found a way of bombing that can prevent foot soldiers from walking.
It's time for Congress to act, restore the Voting Rights Act, and take action to prevent voter disenfranchisem ent. As your next Congresswoman, I will stand up to the extremists in the Republican Party to ensure civil rights are protected for everyone.
I was not predicting the future, I was trying to prevent it.
One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear war.