Governments are based pincipally on force and deception. Democratic governments are based chiefly on deception, other governments on force. And democratic governments,… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
For they have nothing to fight me with, save the brute force of their numbers. I have my mind. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A chaplain is the minister of the Prince of Peace serving the host of the God of War--Mars. As such, he is… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Power operates only destructively, bent always on forcing every manifestation of life into the straitjacket of its laws. Its intellectual form of… — Rudolf Rocker Copy Share Image
The civil magistrate cannot function without some ethical guidance, without some standard of good and evil. If that standard is not to… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
I used to be very revolutionary, but now I think that nothing can be gained by brute force. People must be drawn… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
My intimate knowledge of many central African tribes has everywhere convinced me of the necessity that the Negro does not respect treaties… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
It is fair to say that insofar as sport is taken seriously by those who play it, then to that extent their… — Will Self Copy Share Image
I myself am not comfortable with the notion of secularists congregating in groups, except perhaps for defensive purposes: the last thing a… — S. T. Joshi Copy Share Image
Not even the most heavily-armed police state can exert brute force to all of its citizens all of the time. Meme management… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
I cannot anyhow be contented to view this wonderful universe, and especially the nature of man, and to conclude that everything is… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I think an appeal to arms and to brute force is unbecoming the age in which we live. Would to God that… — Robert Anderson Copy Share Image
The most powerful demonstration of leadership is not a clenched fist of brute force but an open hand of humble assistance. — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
A brute force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work. — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing is easier. And once they are dead… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
It is important to understand what I mean by semiosis. All dynamic action, or action of brute force, physical or psychical, either… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet. — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you want to compete in Italy, the only accepted ways are brute force, or cunning. Like Machiavelli says, "Fronte otra forze."… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince.… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
And dilettantism is a humorous way to survive. Everybody understands you for it and everybody hates you for it. And not everybody… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
The more I study the world, the more I am convinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
