Force rules the world-not opinion; but it is opinion that makes use of force. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
In some cases, the measured use of force is all that protects us from a chaotic world ruled by force. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Resorting to violence and the use of force at holy sites is unacceptable, whatever the reason might be. — Ahmet Necdet Sezner Copy Share Image
Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively impose domination over others. Help a friend. — Leonard Nimoy Copy Share Image
When people access the use of force for the threat of violence they have, by definition, a new political power. An unwanted… — Cody Wilson Copy Share Image
Police officers' disproportionate use of force against people of color is a stain on our nation. — Alex Padilla Copy Share Image
Satyagraha and civil disobedience and fasts have nothing in common with the use of force, veiled or open. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I advocate the use of force to rescue Terri Schiavo from being starved to death. I further advocate the killing of anyone… — Hal Turner Copy Share Image
Probably Hobbes got it right when he said that a leviathan, a third party with a monopoly on the use of legitimate… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
But having made my decision as Commander-in-Chief based on what I am convinced is our national security interests, I will seek authorization… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Let no man posture as an advocate of peace if he proposes or supports any social system that initiates the use of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Since one cannot educate adults, the word "education" has an evil sound in politics; there is a pretense of education, when the… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
We must begin by acknowledging a hard truth. We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Generically, wars in necessity are wars where, I think, the vital interest of the nation are at stake, in which there are… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
No senator's vote, except for the declaration of war or the authorization for the use of force, is more important than the… — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
Desert Storm created the pattern for the American way of war that eventually prevailed in Kosovo. America learned from Vietnam that unilateral… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Over the years, there have been a series of concepts developed to justify the use of force in international affairs for a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A society that puts equality — in the sense of equality of outcome — ahead of freedom will end up with neither… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
This new declaration which emphasizes the necessity of global disarmament is based on the purposes and principles of the United Nations, in… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
Much is made of the accelerating brutality of young people's crimes, but rarely does our concern for dangerous children translateinto concern for… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
The libertarian approach is a very symmetrical one: the non-aggression principle does not rule out force, but only the initiation of force.… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of… — David Drake Copy Share Image
In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council could sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“Evil is not one large entity, but a collection of countless, small depravities brought up from the muck by petty men. Many… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
“Observe the nature of today’s alleged peace movements. Professing love and concern for the survival of mankind, they keep screaming that the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Can violence and the use of force to effect change upon the universe be left to the young? Do they see what… — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“How do we pick and choose where to get involved? Canada and other peacekeeping nations have become accustomed to acting if, and… — Romeo Dallaire Copy Share Image
“Let's have some precision in language here: terrorism means deadly violence -- for a political and/or economical purpose -- carried out against… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“Trocmé was disagreeable in the same magnificent sense as Jay Freireich, and Wyatt Walker, and Fred Shuttlesworth. And the beauty of the… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The necessary consequence of man's right to life is his right to self-defense. In a civilized society, force may be used only… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“[W]hile the use of non-lethal weapons such as tasers and LEDIs may not necessarily reduce the number of civilian casualties, they have… — John W. Whitehead Copy Share Image
Evil must be confronted in its womb, and, if it can't be done otherwise, then it has to be dealt with by… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Civilization is nothing more than the effort to reduce the use of force to the last resort. — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
I voted to threaten the use of force to make Saddam Hussein comply with the resolutions of the United Nations. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
The use of force is always an answer to problems...[It] isn't an attractive answer, though. — David Drake Copy Share Image
Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“The excessive use of force creates legitimacy problems, and force without legitimacy leads to defiance, not submission.” — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The punitive use of force tends to generate hostility and to reinforce resistance to the very behavior we are seeking. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Unjust use of force, strength, and brutality. Those are the forces that make me feel vulnerable. — Emily Saliers Copy Share Image
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