Quotes About Intervention

One of the fondest expressions around is that we can't be the world's policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.

Je weiter eine konkrete Tat entfernt ist, umso mehr ist dem Staat erlaubt, um sie zu verhindern.

All religion is supernatural, and rests upon the presupposition that God is distinct from the world and yet works in the world.

Ik kijk door de halfgeopende jaloezieën. Ik zie een schim rond het huis van de buren waren. De schim van de man die ik tevoren al eens gezien heb in de tuin van de buren. (...) Ik open m'n raam en ik roep, niet al te luid: 'Ik ga nu de politie bellen.' De schim verstijft. Ik blijf roepen: 'Ik ga nu de politie bellen. Ik ga nu de politie bellen. Ik ga nu de politie bellen. Ik ga nu de politie bellen. Ik ga nu de politie bellen.' De man is weggevlucht uit de tuin.

While the invisible hand looks after the private sector, the invisible foot kicks the public sector to pieces.

Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

I'm never gonna stand by... and watch anybody get killed again.

some prophecies are fulfilled by the very actions meant to prevent them.

Act to prevent the worst thing that could happen if you don't act.

He didn't tell them how Britain's national suicide rate dropped by a third when coal gas was phased out, because once people no longer had the option to impulsively stick their head in the oven, there was time for their dark and dreadful impulses to pass.

As long as God does not intervene in the contemporary universe in such a way as to violate physical laws, science has no way of knowing whether God exists or not. The belief or disbelief in such a Being is therefore a matter of faith.

There is an undeniable correlation between asking God for miracles and receiving them.

Miracles are not about praying the perfect prayer; miracles are about what happens when we welcome God's presence and power into our situations and our lives.

People who like to fix other people become "catastrophizers. Fixing becomes an unconscious way of preventing a "what if" from happening.

Many families would like to avoid burdening future generations with inherited diseases such as haemophilia or severe developmental disorders. But most would think it wrong to edit the genes that influence the 'normal' range of human variation, from eye colour to intelligence or athletic ability.

While religious fundamentalism is treated as a serious social problem because it has the potential to lead to rare but devastating acts of terrorism against the public, with a variety of programmes and interventions to address it, everyday violence against women occurring in the name of fundamentalism has long been neglected.

In the 1960s, the public demanded seat belts in cars, but automakers balked. Not until government intervened did seat belts become standard equipment. Now, no one would consider buying a vehicle without this basic safety feature.

Addressing motor vehicle crashes as a public health issue didn't stop people from driving cars, but it did make being on the road a lot safer.

Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, heavy-handedly provoked South American governments on any number of issues, including a rush to endorse the 2002 coup attempt in Venezuela, which only worked to steel resistance and build solidarity.

There was a girl who messaged me and said she was on the verge of taking her life, then 'Battles' came on just in the nick of time.

But before I could decide which choice to jump at, life intervened, as it usually does, and made the decision for me.

But passively waiting for your child to outgrow his defiant behavior will just make the problem worse and not solve it. It's our job as parents to help our children learn appropriate behavior, not to enable poor behavior by making excuses for it.

I do not think the patient truly meant to end her life. Her act was a cry for help.