Forcible Quotes

37 quotes by 34 authors

All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any country have failed. — Leland Stanford
Grandeur of effect is produced by two different ways which seem entirely opposed to each other. One is by reducing the colors to little more… — Joshua Reynolds
Whether surrounded with error or truth, the web woven around them in childhood's days lasts, and seldom wears threadbare...The traditions of my earliest recollection are… — Brigham Young
A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order,… — Charles Horton Cooley
Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. — David Hume
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. — Stephen Leacock
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good. — John Locke
It is manifest that the only security against the tyranny of the government lies in forcible resistance to the execution of the injustice; because the… — Lysander Spooner
The political function of 'the right of free speech' is to protect dissenters and unpopular minorities from forcible suppression - not to guarantee them the… — Ayn Rand
For tea she went down to see Misses Spink and Forcible. She had three digestive biscuits, a glass of limeade, and a cup of weak… — Neil Gaiman
Coraline opened the box of chocolates. The dog looked at them longingly. "Would you like one?" she asked the little dog. "Yes, please," whispered the… — Neil Gaiman
On the first day Coraline's family moved in, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible made a point of telling Coraline how dangerous the well was, and… — Neil Gaiman
Since then I've always thought that under rape in the dictionary it should tell the truth. It is not just forcible intercourse; rape means to… — Alice Sebold
In 1995, the Paul Keating Labor government commissioned an inquiry into the forcible removal of Aboriginal children. — Richard Flanagan
Examples is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh. — Robert Cecil
Tis evident, that as common Air when reduc'd to half Its wonted extent, obtained near about twice as forcible a Spring as it had before;… — Robert Boyle

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