Forcible Quotes

37 quotes by 34 authors

Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them. — Thomas Browne
Such is the frailty of man that even where he makes the truest and most forcible impression in the memory, in the heart of his… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
...the Communists everywhere support every revolutionary movement against the existing social and political order of things... They openly declare that their ends can be attained… — Karl Marx
Upon the whole I doubt whether the Benefits of opposition to the Constitution opposition to the Constitution will not ultimately be productive of more good… — George Washington
We infer the spirit of the nation in great measure from the language, which is a sort of monument, to which each forcible individual in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rhythm and harmony enter most powerfully into the inner most part of the soul and lay forcible hands upon it, bearing grace with them, so… — Plato
What is politically defined as economic planning is the forcible superseding of other people's plans by Government officials. — Thomas Sowell
The principle of my political life ... is that all amelioration and improvements in political institutions can be obtained by persevering in a perfectly peaceable… — Daniel O'Connell
Language the most forcible proceeds from the man who is most sincere. The way to speak with power, or to write words that pierce mankind… — Elias Lyman Magoon
There is nothing so strong as the force of love; there is no love so forcible as the love of an affectionate mother to her… — Elizabeth Grimston
Every reader should remember the diffidence of Socrates, and repair by his candour the injuries of time: he should impute the seeming defects of his… — Samuel Johnson
Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion; it shows that society is rotten to the core. — Timothy Thomas Fortune
For sheer drama, few accounts of slavery match Solomon Northup's tale of abduction from freedom and forcible enslavement. — Ira Berlin
It is better to tolerate the rare instance of a parent refusing to let his child be educated, than to shock the common feelings and… — Thomas Jefferson
The history of a revolution is for us first of all a history of the forcible entrance of the masses into the realm of rulership… — Leon Trotsky
The teacher who allows his scholars the freedom of the city of books is at liberty to be their guide, philosopher and friend; and is… — Charlotte Mason
The law compells no man to impossible things. The argument ab impossibili is forcible in law. — Edward Coke
Euphonic and harmonious expressions, forcible and just expressions, profound and comprehensive expressions, and especially apt and witty expressions, each have their specific influence upon different… — Charles Simmons
Whenever we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, an opening quotation is a symphony preluding on the chords whose tones we are about… — Isaac D'Israeli
Imperialism as he [Kipling] sees it is a sort of forcible evangelising. — George Orwell

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