Coercion Quotes

138 Coercion quotes by 102 unique authors

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, free… — Ted Cruz
The gold standard did not collapse. Governments abolished it in order to pave the way for inflation. The whole grim apparatus of oppression and coercion,… — Ludwig von Mises
There is no trick of a magician or spell of a witch doctor, no drug or mesmerism or bribery or torture or coercion that can… — Mike Mason
Rage is a sign of nothing but immaturity. The power of any faith comes not from its coercion of critics and dissenters. It comes from… — Mustafa Akyol
Planning leads to dictatorship because dictatorship is the most effective instrument of coercion and the enforcement of ideals and, as such, essential if central planning… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Therefore coercion of the non-invasive, when justifiable at all, is to be justified on the ground that it secures, not a minimum of ' invasion,… — Benjamin Tucker
So what is government?... Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion - such as the Mafia.… — Harry Browne
The error seems not sufficiently eradicated, that the operations of the mind, as well as the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion… — Thomas Jefferson
Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively impose domination over others. Help a friend. — Leonard Nimoy
Provided the development coordinator has a communications medium at least as good as the Internet and knows how to lead without coercion, many heads are… — Eric S. Raymond
Coercion or compulsion never brings about growth. It is freedom that accelerates evolution. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Power is the ability to affect others to get the outcomes you want, and that can be done by coercion, payment or attraction. — Joseph Nye
Naming things, breaking through taboos and denial is the most dangerous, terrifying, and crucial work. This has to happen in spite of political climates or… — Eve Ensler
The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power,… — John Stott
Mythological symbols touch and exhilarate centers of life beyond the reach of vocabularies of reason and coercion. — Joseph Campbell
Law is any application for the official use of coercion that succeeds. — Bob Black
We should respect each other as rational beings by trying to achieve our goals through reason and persuasion rather than threats and coercion. — Ron Paul
But somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or coercion we endured,… — Gloria Steinem
Force, governmental coercion, is the instrument by which the ethics of altruism - the belief that the individual exists to serve others - is translated… — Nathaniel Branden
Coercion by government, the main fear of our founding fathers, is now its most common attribute. — Philip K. Howard

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