Coercion Quotes

138 Coercion quotes by 102 unique authors

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice. — Christopher Lasch
The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for… — David Mamet
A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years… — John Steinbeck
Democratic nation states remain far more capable of managing the circuit of coercion, taxation and legitimation than any transnational bodies. — Geoff Mulgan
Freedom is living without government coercion. So when a politician talks about freedom for this group or that, ask yourself whether he is advocating more… — Ron Paul
Anarchism stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion and liberation of the human body from the coercion of property;… — Emma Goldman
The argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason can employ, but an argument… — Friedrich August von Hayek
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring… — Albert Einstein
Instruments of coercion, once created, have a tendency to find their own natural masters. — George F. Kennan
It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense… — Albert Einstein
The Constitution. . . illustrates the complexity of the American system: that it serves the interests of a wealthy elite, but also does enough for… — Howard Zinn
... in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the level… — Judith Lewis Herman
Free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion. Nevertheless, the free ranging flux of curiosity is channeled by discipline under Your Law. — Saint Augustine
I see this as the central issue of our time: how to find a substitute for war in human ingenuity, imagination, courage, sacrifice, patience... War… — Howard Zinn
Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. The fundamental threat to freedom is power to coerce, be it… — Milton Friedman
The best way to guide children without coercion is to be ourselves. — Madeleine L'Engle
That was what they did with themselves, those two Gracelings, along with a small band of friends: They stirred up trouble on a serious scale—bribery,… — Kristin Cashore
The Rights Revolutions too have given us ideals that educated people today take for granted but that are virtually unprecedented in human history, such as… — Steven Pinker
It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry;… — Albert Einstein
It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense… — Albert Einstein
Totalitarianism is never content to rule by external means, namely, through the state and a machinery of violence; thanks to its peculiar ideology and the… — Hannah Arendt
Proselytizing is only wrong if coercive or deceptive. Coercion, whether violent or not, is immoral, just as deception is immoral. — David Novak
All governments must maintain power through consent, not coercion. — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
The ideal of behaviorism is to eliminate coercion: to apply controls by changing the environment in such a way as to reinforce the kind of… — B.F. Skinner
Social services, not wealth per se, seem to be the key to lower birth rates. The Chinese, although among the poorest peoples of the world,… — Donella Meadows

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