The use of force is always an answer to problems...[It]…

The use of force is always an answer to problems. Force isn't an attractive answer, though.

— David Drake

The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not…

— David Drake

I'm not opposed to the use of force.

— Jill Stein

Men in Government monopolize the necessary use of force; they are not using their energies productively; they are not milking cows. To get butter,…

— Rose Wilder Lane

The use of force is easy to rationalize in terms of basic economics. 'We should make them PAY for what they've done!' It's just…

— Bryan Caplan

I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't…

— Donald Rumsfeld

The only justification in the use of force is to reduce the amount of force necessary to be used.

— Alfred North Whitehead

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

— David Friedman

The intention behind the protective use of force is to prevent injury, never to punish or to cause individuals to suffer, repent or change.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Force rules the world-not opinion; but it is opinion that makes use of force.

— Blaise Pascal

In some cases, the measured use of force is all that protects us from a chaotic world ruled by force.

— George W. Bush

Although violence and the use of force may appear powerful and decisive, their benefits are short-lived. Violence can never bring a lasting and long…

— Dalai Lama

Civilization is nothing more than the effort to reduce the use of force to the last resort.

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force

— Blaise Pascal

“The excessive use of force creates legitimacy problems, and force without legitimacy leads to defiance, not submission.”

— Malcolm Gladwell