The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
We need to learn and to show others that there are tried and tested, powerful ways of containing and resolving conflict which… — Scilla Elworthy Copy Share Image
I believe with all my heart that our first priority must be world peace, and that use of force is always and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Overwhelmingly, Israel's political and military establishment want the rest of the world to act diplomatically or otherwise to stop Iran. But if… — Dennis Ross Copy Share Image
Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Unless the Security Council is restored to its pre-eminent position as the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force, we… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Resolution 1441 does not give anyone the right to an automatic use of force. Russia believes that the Iraqi problem should be… — Igor Ivanov Copy Share Image
People in uniform are not sacrosanct. They don't have all the answers. The use of force is a political decision at its… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
To be sure, the use of force by one party in a market transaction in order to improve his price was no… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
My immediate priorities are peace and stability. I want to differentiate between stability and security: Stability comes from the hearts of people… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
Wars of necessity are essentially unavoidable. They involve the most important national interests, a lack of promising alternatives to the use of… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
The use of force stands in need of control by a public neutral authority, in the interests of liberty no less than… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The State is that organization in society which attempts to maintain a monopoly of the use of force and violence in a… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Let us be clear: censorship is cowardice. ... It masks corruption. It is a school of torture: it teaches, and accustoms one… — Pablo Antonio Cuadra Copy Share Image
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
God's command to have dominion over every living thing is a call to service, a test of responsibility, a rule of love,… — Hugh Nibley Copy Share Image
“Now keep looking at this unpleasant situation or person until you realize that it isn’t they that are causing the negative emotions.… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
“The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“In the use of force, one simplifies the situation by assuming that the evil to be overcome is clear-cut, definite, and irreversible.… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Anyone want to help me start PAPA, Parents for Alternatives to Punishment Association? (There is already a group in England called ‘EPPOCH’… — Kelly Bryson Copy Share Image
“Proponents of the federal “Trayvon Martin Act” want to prevent Stand Your Ground laws from being used by someone who was the… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“For realists, the state is the main actor and sovereignty is its distinguishing trait. The meaning of the sovereign state is inextricably… — John Baylis Copy Share Image
“This makes it Lawful for a Man to Kill a Thief, who has not in the least hurt him, nor declared any… — John Locke Copy Share Image
If the time comes when our culture tires of the endless homicidal feuds, despairs of the use of force and war as… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
Men in Government monopolize the necessary use of force; they are not using their energies productively; they are not milking cows. To… — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
People versed in politics need not be told that the devil is in the detail, and tough solutions implying the use of… — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
No government which governs by the use of force can survive except by force. There is no going back because force begets… — Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo Copy Share Image
I don't think there is a libertarian position on abortion. Maybe if you took a poll of libertarians, it might be that… — Charles Murray Copy Share Image
“The only government tolerated by libertarians is one that exercises only retaliatory use of force on anyone who initiates the use of… — John Hospers Copy Share Image
In Israel's short history, army commanders and the heads of the intelligence agencies have often advocated the use of force and in… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
“Christianity, expecting from its adherents gentleness, meekness, peaceableness, forgiveness of injuries, turning the other cheek when one is struck, and love for… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
What China would do, I cannot predict. China has all but given up the claim to the use of force, except in… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Whoever, to whatever purpose or extent, initiates the use of force, is a killer acting on the premise of death in a… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I want to differentiate between stability and security: Stability comes from the hearts of people and acceptance of the judicial system. Security… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
What's the definition of terrorism? It's to achieve an objective through the use of force and fear. These are just nasty, evil,… — Tim Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Also included in the Pentagon material was a document entitled, “A Legal Guide to Dispelling the Myths of Use of Force,” providing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Iran has essentially mastered all of the complex science and technology that they need to have a completely indigenous nuclear weapons program.… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
“Defence lawyers use the term "duress" to describe the use of force, coercion or psychological pressure exerted on a client in the… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
