Compel Quotes
132 quotes by 113 authors
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You’ll come with us,†she said. “Sure,†Gavin said. “It wasn’t a request.†“Yes it was,†Gavin said. “When you don’t have power to compel…
— Brent Weeks
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If we compel the composer to write in terms of what the listener is able to hear, we flirt with the danger of freezing the…
— Jean-Jacques Nattiez
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We are spirit children of a loving Heavenly Father who placed us in mortality to see if we would choose - freely choose - to…
— Henry B. Eyring
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If physical power be the fountain of law, then law and force are synonymous terms. Or, perhaps, rather, law would be the result of a…
— Lysander Spooner
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The literary depiction of life and its moral dilemmas compel us to use our conscience, to make those infallible distinctions between right and wrong.
— F. Sionil Jose
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Since we replaced the compulsory military draft with an all-volunteer force in 1973, our nation has been making decisions about wars without worry over who…
— Charles B. Rangel
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It was always foolhardy for Republicans and conservatives to stake their objections to Obamacare on the number of sign-ups; Social Security is going bankrupt despite…
— Ben Shapiro
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Some husbands regard it as their prerogative to compel their wives to fit their standards of what they think to be the ideal.
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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The eggers destroy all the eggs that are sat upon, to force the birds to lay fresh eggs, and by robbing them regularly compel them…
— John James Audubon
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The divine flame of thought is inextinguishable in the Filipino people, and somehow or other it will shine forth and compel recognition. It is impossible…
— Jose Rizal
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While early childhood experiences may impel, they do not compel. In the end, evil is a matter of choice.
— Andrew Vachss
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It is high time to compel man by the might of right to give woman her political, legal and social rights. She will find her…
— Ernestine Rose
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O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!
— Virgil
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The energy that comes when you compel people to dance stays with you your whole career - whether you are playing to 100,000 people at…
— Steven Van Zandt
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Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the rules. By spurning our own…
— Anthony Lewis
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The laws recognize no obligation on the part of the slave to labor for or serve his master. If he refuse to labor, the law…
— Lysander Spooner
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If you can control a mans thinking, you dont have to worry about his actions. If you can determine what a man thinks you do…
— Carter G Woodson
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Wilt thou compel men to become believers? No soul can believe but by the leave of God
— Quran
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I could well believe that it is God's intention, since we have refused milder remedies, to compel us into unity, by persecution even and hardship.…
— C.S. Lewis
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I think there is a % between death and life which become up/down..and these up or down of % compel for death or live...........
— Shayan
Who Wrote These Compel Quotes
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