Only living things bring living joy to the soul and must…

The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;…

— Eric Hoffer

Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on…

— Judith Ellen Foster

If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding…

— Jill Stein

History has often showed us the strength of the forces that are unleashed by the yearning for freedom. It moved people to overcome their…

— Angela Merkel

It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced…

— Emily Deschanel

Above Coblentz almost every mountain has a ruin and a legend. One feels everywhere the spirit of the past, and its stirring recollections come…

— Bayard Taylor

I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad…

— Tom Segev

The one means that wins the easiest victory over reason is terror and force.

— Adolf Hitler

Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants,…

— Joseph Stalin

Dictatorship is rule based directly upon force and unrestricted by any laws. The revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is rule won and maintained by…

— Vladimir Lenin

The great force for forging a society into a solid mass has always been war.

— William Graham Sumner

“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated…

— Jack Weatherford

It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United…

— Tulsi Gabbard

It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack…

— Sun Tzu

“If you refuse to use physical force, then you will be at the mercy of your oppressor!”

— Segun Magbagbeola