Let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.
This quotation is from Jefferson’s draft, but was not in the final.
Half at least of all morality is negative and consists in keeping out of mischief. The lords prayer is less than 50 words long, and 6 of those words are devoted to asking god not to lead us into temptation.
Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away. Before sorrow befalls you.
By utility is meant that property is any object, whereby it tends to produce benefit, advantage, pleasure, good, or happiness(all this in the present case come to the same thing) or (what comes again to the same thing) to prevent the happening of mischief, pain, evil or unhappiness to the party who whose is considered: if that party be the community in general, then the happiness of the community; if a particular individual; then the happiness of that individual
If labor mainly, or to any considerable degree, serves the purpose of a police, to keep men out of mischief, it indicates a rottenness at the foundation of our community.
There are regulators at the SEC and elsewhere who are really excited about the potential of the blockchain. They understand you can build a robust financial system - it would solve all your black swan problems. All kinds of mischief and games that are played in the current system become impossible in this system.
The universities are a sort of lunatic asylum for keeping young men out of mischief.
My purpose is to keep people busy and out of mischief - to create good and interesting jobs for them that help families stay together.