of Preclude
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf lawyers were to undertake no causes till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim. Samuel Johnson
At what point is someone precluded from availing themselves of the justification of self-defense because of their own poor judgment or bad behavior? Dan Gelber
People were concerned about national security, and that precluded us from having the opportunity to break through on the issues that we cared most about - the economy, education and health care. Tom Daschle
When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain neighborhoods because of the color of our skin Now the neighborhoods are the neighborhoods of ideas, youre not supposed to be there because of the color of your skin. Clarence Thomas
At least I have precluded the possibility of peaking too early. George McGovern
If you believe something, you're automatically precluded from believing in the opposite, which means that a degree of your human freedom has been forfeited in the act of this belief. Terence McKenna