Force Quotes
6532 quotes by 3878 authors
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The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being…
— Auberon Herbert
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Do you not see, first, that - as a mental abstract - physical force is directly opposed to morality; and secondly, that it practically drives…
— Auberon Herbert
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If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot…
— Auberon Herbert
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There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men have not slowly withered.
— Auberon Herbert
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Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god,…
— Auberon Herbert
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Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power.
— William Moulton Marston
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General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this…
— John Buford
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It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and drive them…
— James Hogg
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There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to…
— Iris Chang
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Well, we know that eighteen years after that solemn declaration it was disregarded, and the Irish Parliament, which lasted for five hundred years, was destroyed…
— John Edward Redmond
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I think we did a pretty good role, linking, being a sounding board really and a driving force, especially from the bottom up. I think…
— Richard Rogers
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I do feel we can create more jobs and opportunities for Jersey City residents, but in the spirit of free enterprise, I do not think…
— Vincent Frank
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To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part of intelligence; it is frequently the part of ignorance.
— Paul Harris
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I considered myself engaged in a war from Day One. And my objective was to force the federal government - the Kennedy administration at that…
— James Meredith
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In the beginning, fear was the dominant motivating force.
— Robert Vaughn
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Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that…
— Robert Shea
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On December 5, 1941, Chicago led a task force built around the carrier Lexington to Midway Island, at the western end of the Hawaiian Islands,…
— Jack Adams
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The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as popularly understood, does…
— Alfred Russel Wallace
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United States and Coalition forces will remain in Iraq and will operate under American command as part of a multinational force authorized by the United…
— Jim Gerlach
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They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom; but for a nation like England to…
— George Combe
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