It's all about the triumph of intellect and romance over…

War with all its glorification of brute force is essentially a degrading thing.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Brute force is not our salvation, especially as directed by State central planning and done with little regard for the innocents...

— Anthony Gregory

Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group (to "society," to the tribe, the state,…

— Ayn Rand

One of the biggest mistakes companies make is brute force lead generation - "give me more leads!" -when they don't understand that not all…

— Aaron Ross

When imperialism feels weak, it resorts to brute force.

— Hugo Chavez

They opposed brute force to reason and philosophy, and battalions of foreign mercenaries to ideas. As if ideas were to be impaled on bayonets!

— Rafael Sabatini

Do not be proud just because you have brute force, because an animal has brute force too! Either you be proud with your intellect…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

THE ART OF PEACE does not rely on weapons or brute force to succeed; instead, we put ourselves in tune with the universe, maintain…

— Morihei Ueshiba

I saw that the kingdom must be interior before it can be exterior, that it is a kingdom of ideas, and not one of…

— Hannah Whitall Smith

Extended families have never been the norm in America; the highest figure for extended-family households ever recorded in Americanhistory is 20 percent. Contrary to…

— Stephanie Coontz

They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an…

— Joseph Conrad

The civil magistrate cannot function without some ethical guidance, without some standard of good and evil. If that standard is not to be the…

— Anonymous

In the code of the satyagrahi, there is no such thing as surrender to brute force.

— Mahatma Gandhi

What took me decades to learn, these kids can get on the Internet...What I learned by brute force, dealing out hands, they learn on…

— Doyle Brunson

Our culture has few taboos that can't be violated, and our establishment has largely given up on setting standards in the first place. Except…

— Ross Douthat