Coercion Quotes

138 Coercion quotes by 102 unique authors

Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. — Milton Friedman
Government means always coercion and compulsion and is by necessity the opposite of liberty. — Ludwig von Mises
[Libertarians] don't denounce what the state does, they just object to who's doing it. This is why the people most victimized by the state display… — Bob Black
The function of State coercion is to override individual coercion, and, of course, coercion exercised by any association of individuals within the State. It is… — Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse
Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion, but fifty thousand, if necessary, for the defense of our rights, or those of our Southern… — Isham G. Harris
There is a tendency to think that if we engage too directly with moral questions in politics, that's a recipe for disagreement, and for that… — Michael Sandel
There must be no coercion in matters of faith! — Karen Armstrong
Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in a community. It manifests the willingness… — Peter Block
The Green Shore is an engrossing novel about political oppression, played out on an intimate family scale. Bakopoulos charts the subtle, gnawing pressures of life… — Peter Ho Davies
Far from creating independent thinkers, schools have always, throughout history, played an institutional role in a system of control and coercion. And once you are… — Noam Chomsky
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

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