Use of force Quote by Malcolm Gladwell

“force without legitimacy leads to defiance, not submission.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

“To submit isn’t to be forced. It’s to yield to a force greater than your own, in order to become part of the whole.”

— Dianna Hardy

“Arbitrary government operating by force, by terror, must destroy the best, the boldest dissenters in sheer self-defence; soon it finds itself destroying all who,…

— Edward Crankshaw

Force when aggressively applied is "violence" and is, therefore, morally unjustifiable, but when it is used in the furtherance of a legitimate cause, it…

— Bhagat Singh

“Any attempt to attack, defend, or withdraw will work against you. Instead, you must restrain these reactive tendencies, find the courage to stand your…

— Rick Brinkman

Force loses its legitimacy when it is used instead of free and open discussion.

— Gustavo de Greiff

“Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it as it is to its victims - the second it crushes, the first it…

— Paul Hoffman

“It is our contention, to be explored later in more detail, that political defiance, or nonviolent struggle, is the most powerful means available to…

— Gene Sharp

“The most effective form of creation is an act of cooperation, not force.”

— Bryant McGill

“The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and…

— Frederick Douglass

“Defiance means you got somebody with power over you.”

— Pearl Cleage