Creativity doesn't flourish in an atmosphere of despotism, coercion and fear. — P. D. James Copy Share Image
What has been the effect of religious coercion? To make half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We want open markets, rather than a lack of competition resulting in coercion. — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
Liberty'''.that condition of man in which coercion of some by others is reduced as much as possible in society — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Coercion created slavery, the cowardice of the slaves perpetuated it. — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Copy Share Image
Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense. — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
The U.S. generally wants to solve problems with coercion. That's kind of the default way the American state wants to try to… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
Free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion. Nevertheless, the free ranging flux of curiosity is channeled by discipline… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange… — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
Words uttered under coercion are proof of loyalty to nothing but self-interest. Love of country must spring from willing hearts and free… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
“A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. An all plans, safeguards, policies and coercion are fruitless. We find… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
So what is government?... Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion - such… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Governmental regulations all carry coercion to some degree, and even where they don't, they habituate man to expect teaching, guidance and help… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
... in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
As everyone knows, there is no intelligence in coercion or forcing another into action or realization. And if the name of the… — Jose Arguelles Copy Share Image
Every human being shall see in each and all of his fellow-men a hidden divinity... that every human being is made in… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
The gold standard did not collapse. Governments abolished it in order to pave the way for inflation. The whole grim apparatus of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
There are two visions of America. One precedes our founding fathers and finds its roots in the harshness of our Puritan past.… — Sherwin Wine Copy Share Image
“There are always a dozen reasons for doing nothing," Ann liked to say--it was a favourite apologia, indeed, for many of her… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“When men and women get their hands on religion, one of the first things they often do is turn it into an… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The market, if it can be kept honest and competitive, does provide very strong incentives for work effort and productive contributions. In… — Arthur Melvin Okun Copy Share Image
“Love is not coercion, and the state is only an agent of coercion. It has no other function and can work no… — Joel McDurmon Copy Share Image
“The intensity of her religious disposition, the coercion it exercised over her life, was but one aspect of a nature altogether ardent,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“There is no need for us all to be alike and think the same way, neither do we need a common enemy… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“What was the power that induced strong soldiers to put off their jackets and shirts, and present their hands to be tied… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share Image
“Western capitalist society, and especially my own American society, is one characterized by great inequalities. In any such society, by the nature… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
“In 2004, the Animals in War monument outside Hyde Park in London was created by the English sculptor David Backhouse. The monument… — Anthony J. Nocella II Copy Share Image
“Monopoly is a market, or part of a market, reserved to the exclusive possession of one or more sellers by means of… — George Reisman Copy Share Image
The idea of painless, nonthreatening coercion is an illusion. Fear is the inseparable companion of coercion, and its inescapable consequence. If you… — John Holt Copy Share Image
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