Coercion Quotes

138 quotes by 102 authors

Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means. — Theodor Adorno
The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to… — Noam Chomsky
Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion, fearing that without it we will be hurled into that… — James A. Baldwin
The real triumph of civilization is the extent to which coercion is banished from human relations. — Anthony Gregory
History has witnessed the failure of many endeavors to impose peace by war, cooperation by coercion, unanimity by slaughtering dissidents.... A lasting order cannot be… — Ludwig von Mises
Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one… — Thomas Jefferson
Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was proposed by inserting… — Thomas Jefferson
Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors? Fallible men; men governed by bad passions, by private as well as public reasons. And… — Thomas Jefferson
Justice, like liberty and coercion, is a concept which, for the sake of clarity, ought to be confined to the deliberate treatment of men by… — Friedrich August von Hayek
What is the basic, the essential, the crucial principle that differentiates freedom from slavery? It is the principle of voluntary action versus physical coercion or… — Ayn Rand
Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction, it reduces the… — Milton Friedman
Fundamentally, there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion - the technique… — Milton Friedman
One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman. — Mahatma Gandhi
A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion. — Milton Friedman
The state is essentially an apparatus of compulsion and coercion. The characteristic feature of its activities is to compel people through the application or the… — Ludwig von Mises
Over the next 20 to 30 years, we are going to end up with world government. It's inevitable... There's going to be conflict, coercion and… — Jim Garrison
This bill, by vesting the power to withhold or terminate Federal funds, creates a concentration of power of economic coercion unequaled in the history of… — Strom Thurmond
This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse;… — Joseph Lancaster
[Statists] believe that government should make decisions for individuals. Since individuals usually prefer to make their own decisions, coercion and compulsion become necessary correctives. — Theodore J. Forstmann
Government is about coercion. Limiting government is the single most important instrument for guaranteeing liberty. We're working on a third generation which has little in… — Walter E. Williams

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