Coercion Quote by Christopher Lasch

You can't build politics on love. People aren't concerned with love; it's too disordered. They prefer despotism. Too much freedom breeds chaos.

— Frank Herbert

Justice itself tends to be corrupted by political passion.

— T. S. Eliot

Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy,…

— Olusegun Obasanjo

Whenever the government is involved, there is an element of coercion.

— Dinesh D'Souza

If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Government and state can never be perfect because they owe their raison d'être to the imperfection of man and can attain their end, the…

— Ludwig von Mises

Since the business of politics is the conciliation of differing interests, justice must not merely be done, but to be seen to be done.

— Bernard Crick

Politics are always a struggle for power, disguised and modified by prudence, reason and moral pretext.

— William Hurrell Mallock

The government cannot love you, and any politics that works on a different assumption is destined for no good.

— Jonah Goldberg

The coercive power of government is always a beacon to those who want to dominate others -- summoning the worst dregs of society to…

— Harry Browne

In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.

— Baron de Montesquieu

Mere human beings cant afford to be fanatical about anything. Not even about justice or loyalty. The fanatic for justice ends by murdering a…

— Storm Jameson