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Force Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein
- Decency is not news. It is buried in the obituaries, but it is a force stronger than crime.
- The greatest productive force is human selfishness.
- Anyone who clings to the historically untrue-and thoroughly immoral-doctrine that, 'violence never settles anything' I would advise to conjure the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and…
- If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do.…
- I would say that my position is not too far from that of Ayn Rand's; that I would like to see government reduced to no…
- Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a…
- Circumstances can force your hand. So think ahead!
- War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's…
- It may take endless wars and unbearable population pressure to force-feed a technology to the point where it can cope with space. In the universe,…
- There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be…
- Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government or church for that matter, undertakes to say to…
- The correct way to punctuate a sentence that states: "Of course it is none of my business, but -- " is to place a period…
- I was no fool; I was aware that when another man is too anxious to force money on one, it is time to examine the…
- Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.
- A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is ... and force the viewer to see the pretty girl…
- When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities…
More Force Quotes
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Life never was intended to be easy. Rather, it is a period of proving and growth. It is interwoven with difficulties, challenges,… — Richard G. Scott
- The enduring responsibility of the United States Air Force is to provide strategic deterrence for the Nation and fly, fight and win… — Norton A. Schwartz
- Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that… — Karen Armstrong
- Don't find love, let it find you. It's called falling in love because you don't force yourself to fall, you just do. — Taylor Swift
- Don't Force Someone To Remember You All Time. Just Stay Silent And Let Them Realize How Will They Be Without You In… — Ritu Ghatourey
- We are continually shaped by the forces of coincidence. — Paul Auster
- A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like… — Rudolf Arnheim