History is the same story with different costumes.

People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense.

— Mark Dever

Coercion is the basis of every law in the universe,--human or divine. A law is not law without coercion behind it.

— James A. Garfield

“Love is not coercion, and the state is only an agent of coercion. It has no other function and can work no other way.…

— Joel McDurmon

“Therapy requires a collaborative working relationship in which both partners act on the basis of their implicit confidence in the value and efficacy of…

— Judith Lewis Herman

The First Amendment exists to protect our religious liberty--to ensure that all Americans are able to seek out worship God with all our hearts,…

— Ted Cruz

There’s one thing that’s been 'learned' maybe from Tunisia and Egypt that I think is a mistake. And that is that the existing ruler…

— Gene Sharp

Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction, it reduces…

— Milton Friedman

“Men are moral beings in their untrammelled nature. If constraint and coercion can once be removed they will be happy and if they are…

— Barry Unsworth

“If you require force to promote your ideal, there is something wrong with your ideal.”

— JSB Morse

The idea of painless, nonthreatening coercion is an illusion. Fear is the inseparable companion of coercion, and its inescapable consequence. If you think it…

— John Holt

To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we…

— Garrett Hardin

“There are always a dozen reasons for doing nothing," Ann liked to say--it was a favourite apologia, indeed, for many of her misdemeanours. "There…

— John le Carré

The state is the only institution entitled to apply coercion and compulsion and to inflict harm upon individuals. This tremendous power cannot be abandoned…

— Ludwig von Mises

So what is government?... Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion - such as the…

— Harry Browne

“Coercing attitude drains your strength.”

— Toba Beta