Compel Quotes

132 quotes by 113 authors

To use legal or financial constraint to compel either abstention or submission, is entirely horrible, unnatural and absurd. — Aleister Crowley
Evolutionists ... have a prior commitment, a commitment to naturalism. It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept… — Richard Lewontin
The doctor who willingly accepts destroying life will have no grounds on which to object if the state should compel that doctor to destroy life, — Mildred Fay Jefferson
If the Army wants witches and satanists in its ranks, then it can do it without Christians in those ranks. It's time for the Christians… — Paul Weyrich
Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens and to place it in cities, and even to introduce it into homes and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Love isn't as simple as you wish it would be. On the other hand, it's nowhere near as complicated as you fear it is. My… — Rob Brezsny
The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
If you entrench yourself behind strong fortifications, you compel the enemy seek a solution elsewhere. — Carl von Clausewitz
No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by allowing more time… — Douglas Hurd
If God really became incarnate, and if His Incarnation can with justice compel man to change his life,then we have no alternative but to conceive… — Josef Pieper
What nearly all suicide terrorist attacks have in common is a specific secular and strategic goal: to compel modern democracies to withdraw military forces from… — Robert Pape
To realize that one is really alone, gives new courage to the person. Discovery of truth is a journey, a voyage on which one has… — Vimala Thakar
What is this thing we call government? Is it anything but organized violence? The law orders you to obey, and if you don't obey, it… — Alexander Berkman
No issue can be negotiated unless you first have the clout to compel negotiation. — Saul Alinsky
Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Growing Smarter laws now in place compel every community to plan their future growth and allow every citizen the right to be heard when… — Jane D. Hull
Manâ€™s rights can be violated only by the use of physical force. It is only by means of physical force that one man can deprive… — Ayn Rand
Our voice resonates with life. Because this is so, it can touch the lives of others. The caring and compassion imbued in your voice finds… — Daisaku Ikeda
It is only too easy to compel a sensitive human being to feel guilty about anything. — Morton Irving Seiden
Blissfulness does not compel you to behave in any particular way. Out of bliss, I can laugh or cry; I can sit quietly or be… — Jaggi Vasudev

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