Physical Force Quotes

35 quotes by 21 authors

Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force. — Oscar Wilde
No individual or private group or private organization has the legal power to initiate the use of physical force against other individuals or groups and… — Ayn Rand
A government resting on the minority is an aristocracy, not a Republic, and could not be safe with a numerical and physical force against it,… — James Madison
We should distinguish at this point between "government" and "state" ... A government is the consensual organization by which we adjudicate disputes, defend our rights,… — David Boaz
The moment a man claims a right to control the will of a fellow being by physical force, he is at heart a slaveholder. — Henry Clarke Wright
Power invariably elects to go into the hands of the strong. That strength may be physical or of the heart or, if we do not… — Mahatma Gandhi
We must meet hate with love. We must meet physical force with soul force. — Martin Luther
So long as men desire to live together, no man may initiate the use of physical force against others. . . . When a man… — Ayn Rand
It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper into the philosophy… — Martin Luther
Either the phone is so seriously thin and flimsy that it is bendable with mere physical force, which I cannot believe given the extensive tests… — Uri Geller
The more you think you have to use physical force to control life, the less you control life. — Cesar Millan
Whatever may be open to disagreement, there is one act of evil that may not, the act that no man may commit against others and… — Ayn Rand
Non-violence is backed by the theory of soul-force in which suffering is courted in the hope of ultimately winning over the opponent. But what happens… — Bhagat Singh
We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When men abandon reason, physical force becomes their only means of dealing with one another and of settling disagreements. — Ayn Rand
All the reasons which made the initiation of physical force evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative. — Ayn Rand
When a man works by faith, he works by mental exertion instead of by physical force. — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Manâ€™s rights can be violated only by the use of physical force. It is only by means of physical force that one man can deprive… — Ayn Rand
I do believe that where there is a choice between cowardice and non-violence I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what… — Mahatma Gandhi
The power generated of ten minds for good is superior to that of ten thousand minds acting on a lower motive. But it is a… — Prentice Mulford

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