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“Every intervention of man in the environment around him incurs some risk as to both favorable and unfavorable consequences. Every intervention is taken in the face of partial ignorance as to what its effects will be and involves uncertainty as to the ultimate outcome.”

Men Faces Taken Environment Risk Effects Ignorance Consequence Ultimate Environmental Uncertainty Outcomes Intervention

Book:Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White

Source: Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White

“Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions.”

Government Consequence Intervention Marketplace Unintended Consequences Government Intervention

Author:Ludwig von Mises

“Health systems usually deal with the consequences of violence. We normally, in the health system, don't have the tools to prevent it, because these require policy interventions in every arena.”

Deals Violence Policy Consequence Tools Arena Intervention Health System Consequences Of Violence

Author:Julio Frenk

“It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about the human need for liberty, diversity, and free association.”

Needs Humans States Social Liberty Diversity Consequence Deeper Libertarian Assumption Association Intervention Social Life Human Needs

Book:For Reasons Of State

Source: For Reasons Of State

“Donald Trump, like most Americans, like most Republicans, believe in protecting America's core national interests. He believes as do I, as do most Americans, that we aren't yet doing enough to take the fight to the Islamic State.That the intervention in Libya was ill-considered and slapdash at the time. And we're living with the consequences of it now. That we have to get tougher when it comes to our intelligence and law enforcement practices to stop Islamic terrorism.”

“If there is one lesson for U.S. foreign policy from the past 10 years, it is surely that military intervention can seem simple but is in fact a complex affair with the potential for unintended consequences.”

Ifs Years Facts Seems Past Simple Military Policy Lessons Consequence Complexes Affair Foreign Policy Intervention Unintended Consequences Military Intervention

Author:Fareed Zakaria