Force Quotes

6532 Force quotes by 3688 unique authors

The use of force to liberate people is very different from the use of force to suppress or control them, or even to defeat them. — Paul Wolfowitz
Support for peaceful reform by the people themselves is the right way to promote democracy, not the use of force. — Paul Wolfowitz
What I learned is that policymakers have to force consideration of actions that may not have occurred to them at the time. — Susan Rice
Preparation is based on one driving force for me and that is to be relaxed enough to be able to listen to what the candidates… — Jim Lehrer
Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and it demands fair-minded… — Jon Meacham
There are different kinds of terrorist movements, and specifically you occasionally face a bully, a Qaddafi. But a bully is different from a zealot. A… — Robert Macfarlane
There is a universal, intelligent, life force that exists within everyone and everything. It resides within each one of us as a deep wisdom, an… — Shakti Gawain
There are tens of thousands of interactions every single day across Afghanistan between the Afghan troops and International Security Assistance Force. On most of those,… — John R. Allen
Education can also be used as a soft power and as a soft force to transform societies. When I say transform societies it means we… — Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned
As long as women are in the work force making their own money and decisions, men are going to have to realize that this way… — Patti Stanger
The fundamental driving force for me is to create a change in the world we live in... It is about exploitation, plundering and degradation. I… — Henning Mankell
Obama behaves like a centrist who leans tentatively left on certain social programs but boldly right on military force and civil liberties. — David K. Shipler
The amount of military force necessary to provide reassurance depends on how dangerous people think the world is. And that I think ultimately depends upon… — Michael Mandelbaum
Write because you love it and not because it is something that you think you should do. Always write about something or somebody you know… — Michael Morpurgo
If passed by the U.N. and ratified by the U.S. Senate, the U.N. Small Arms Treaty would almost certainly force the United States to... create… — Paul Broun
The use of large-scale military force in volatile regions of underdeveloped countries is difficult to do right, has major unintended consequences and rarely turns out… — Dennis C. Blair
Fantasy-based ideologies invariably have neat happy endings where all the bad people and all the bad behavior goes away when the volume is turned up… — Steven Weber
I grew up moving around because my dad was in the Air Force - I think this has carried over into my work in that… — Ann-Marie MacDonald
Character is always my driving force. And to tell a good story and to provide an entertaining read. — Monica Ali
I believe the combination of Travelex and Apax will represent a powerful force. — Lloyd Dorfman
It is a significant gamble to assume that troops in our U.K. Armed Forces would volunteer for a Scottish Defence Force. — Philip Hammond
For me, love is the most important force. It moves the universe. — Laura Esquivel
Unfortunately, we force people to break the law in order to get any kind of mental health treatment. — Pete Earley
I think the associations people have with kindness are often things like meekness and sweetness and maybe sickly sweetness; whereas I do think of kindness… — Sharon Salzberg
I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist. — Gary Shteyngart

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