Compelled Quotes

353 quotes by 309 authors

Competition permits the capitalist to deduct from the price of labour power that which the family earns from its own little garden or field; the… — Friedrich Engels
Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient.Â They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and have decided, as… — Boyd K. Packer
For some reason which I have failed to understand, many people like the system [scientific totalitarianism] when it is Russian but disliked the very same… — Bertrand Russell
Jeff Beck is compelled by his inner artistic drive to keep evolving the instrument. He'll use the whammy bar with the volume knob and the… — Steve Vai
The draft is a monstrous violation of individual liberty, and even a good motive cannot make it otherwise. In a free society no one should… — Sheldon Richman
It is notorious that, whenever the demand for labor is much greater than the supply, or the wages of labor are much higher than the… — Edmund Ruffin
By life's very nature we are compelled to find and maintain balance, or be subject to the symptoms of the lack thereof. — Wes Fesler
He had somehow, with all his modesty, the rare faculty of controlling his superiors as well as his subordinates. He outfaced Stanton, captivated the President,… — Joshua Chamberlain
The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Hereafter we shall be compelled to acknowledge that the only distinction between species and well-marked varieties is, that the latter are known, or believed to… — Charles Darwin
It's punishment to be compelled to do what one doesn't wish. — Alice Dunbar Nelson
My photos are my diary. Every photo is no more than the representation of a single day. And each day contains the past and the… — Nobuyoshi Araki
I guess each of us, at some time, finds one person with whom we are compelled towards absolute honesty, one person whose good opinion of… — Glen Cook
Man truly achieves his full human condition when he produces without being compelled by the physical necessity of selling himself as a commodity. — Che Guevara
Are you not compelledÂ to work for an employer? Your need compels you just as the highwaymanâ€™s gun. You must live â€¦ You canâ€™t work… — Alexander Berkman
I never wanted to be a part of planet Earth, but I am compelled to be here, so anything I do for this planet is… — Sun Ra
We are compelled by reflection to recognize that God is not to be placed against the material world [as in Christianity], but must be placed… — Ernst Haeckel
You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something. To speak out against it. — Macklemore
Free music is in a constant state of surprise and, consequently, presents no surprise at all. So, I'm not really a fan of Free music.… — Pete La Roca
At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me… — Gordon Parks

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