Use Force Quotes

39 quotes by 36 authors

As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qa'ida, the Taliban, and associated forces, in response to the… — John O. Brennan
If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the… — Madeleine Albright
We must be prepared to face our responsibilities and be willing to use force if necessary. — Dick Cheney
If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons… — William J. Clinton
They act as they please: here and there, they use force against sovereign states, building coalitions based on the principle 'If you are not with… — Vladimir Putin
A government which uses force to maintain its rule teaches the oppressed to use force to oppose it. — Nelson Mandela
The most fundamental paradox is that, if we're never to use force, we must be prepared to use it and to use it successfully. We… — Ronald Reagan
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said any assumption that the US would not use force against North Korea would be a mistake. Such bellicosity frightens… — Ann Coulter
Jesus was not killed by atheism and anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion, which is always a deadly mix.… — Barbara Brown Taylor
I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary-- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I… — John F. Kerry
War creates its own intensity of hatred... You don't want to use force except as an absolute last resort. — Wesley Clark
With children use force; with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Other nations use 'force' we Britons alone use 'Might'. — Evelyn Waugh
They use force, to make you do, what the deciders, have decided you must do. — Zack de la Rocha
Kill! Kill! In the German race there is nothing but evil; not one among the living, not one among the yet unborn but is evil!… — Ilya Ehrenburg
Conservatives say the government can't end poverty by force, but they believe it can use force to make people moral. Liberals say government can't make… — Harry Browne
If we have to use force, it is because we are America. — Madeleine Albright
International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence. — Norman Finkelstein
Only the incompetent wait until the last extremity to use force, and by then, it is usually too late to use anything, even prayer. — H. Beam Piper
At times some people use force or fraud to take from others without willful, voluntary consent. Normally, the initiation of force to take life is… — Ken Schoolland

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