Prevention Quotes

“If we are to deal with crime, we must first deal with the conditions that breed it.”

“We are not asked to subscribe to any utopia or to believe in a perfect world. We are asked to prevent a catastrophe.”

“Nip it in the bud! You gotta nip it in the bud!”

“It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.”

“Let your chief Prophylactick be Virtue, and Temperance.”

“We have an opportunity to move from a system of 'sick care' to one of 'health care'.”

“We must begin to shift the emphasis of modern medicine from the treatment of disease to the promotion of health.”

“Prevention is not only better than cure, it is also cheaper.”

“The cigarette is the single most important preventable cause of death in our society.”

“The only way to win a nuclear war is to not fight one.”

“Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.”

“Better build schoolrooms for 'the boy,' than cells and gibbets for 'the man.'”

“Today, it's a different situation. I think we have to live with nuclear weapons. The main point is to prevent their use.”

“It is the part of a wise man to prefer prevention to cure.”

“The purpose of the doctor is to educate the masses not to take medicine.”

“More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.”

“What you put at the end of your fork is more powerful than anything you will find at the bottom of a prescription bottle.”

“The first duty of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.”

“When you find a rattlesnake on your doorstep, you don't wait to see if it will bite you; you kill it.”

“What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it from happening again.”