Force Quotes

6532 Force quotes by 3688 unique authors

To force a female to do things in male fashion is not equal opportunity, it is distorted idealism. — Unknown Author
There is no hour that has not its births of gladness and despair, no morning brightness that does not bring new sickness to desolation as… — George Eliot
Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not… — John Thorn
Business is religion, and religion is business. The man who does not make a business of his religion has a religious life of no force,… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock
It is true that 'I seem to see a table' does not entail 'I see a table'; but 'I seem to feel a pain' does… — Galen Strawson
The great subversive works of children's literature suggest that there are other views of human life besides those of the shopping mall and the corporation.… — Alison Lurie
People of the Philippines: I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil—soil consecrated in the blood of… — Douglas MacArthur
There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed. — Edward Abbey
The first serious consciousness of Nature's gesture - her attitude towards life-took form then as a phantasm, a nightmare, all insanity of force. For the… — Henry Adams
When we come to the moral principles on which the government is to be administered, we come to what is proper for all conditions of… — Thomas Jefferson
Those characters wherein fear predominates over hope may apprehend too much from...instances of irregularity. They may conclude too hastily that nature has formed man insusceptible… — Thomas Jefferson
But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either party? The ultimate… — Thomas Jefferson
To secure respect to a neutral flag requires a naval force organized and ready to vindicate it from insult or aggression. — George Washington
Call to mind the sentiments which nature has engraved on the heart of every citizen, and which take a new force when they are solemnly… — Thomas Paine
Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no change. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold what is theirs. — Isaac Asimov
We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. — Ray Bradbury
Gardening is the handiest excuse for being a philosopher. Nobody guesses, nobody accuses, nobody knows, but there you are, Plato in the peonies, Socrates force-growing… — Ray Bradbury
All things must come to pass as one, so hope should never die. There is no height or bloody might that a freeman can’t defy.… — Bobby Sands
Men have gained control over the forces of nature to such an extent that with their help they would have no difficulty exterminating one another… — Sigmund Freud
It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes. But were the… — James Madison
Because we hold it for 'a fundamental and undeniable truth', that religion or 'the duty which we owe to our Creator' and the manner of… — James Madison
The miscegenation laws of the South only operate against the legitimate union of the races; they leave the white man free to seduce all the… — Ida B. Wells
The New World Order is a world that has a supernational authority to regulate world commerce and industry; an international organization that would control the… — Willy Brandt
But restraint is the only one sort of control, and absence of restraint isn't freedom. It's not control that's lacking when one feels 'free', but… — B.F. Skinner
The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that… — Allan Bloom

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