Force Quote by Maurice Strong Download Open image “Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs.” — Maurice Strong ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Force Inertia Political Politics Powerful
Definition of inertia: 'The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting by which every body, as much as in… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
It is always wiser, where there is a choice, to trust inertia. It is the greatest force in the world. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“First, never underestimate the power of inertia. Second, that power can be harnessed.” — Richard H. Thaler Copy Share Image
Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no change. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold what is… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
The inertia of humans is so huge that you can't really do anything meaningful. — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
“The principle of vis inertiae (...) seems to be identical in physics and metaphysics. It is not more true in the former, that a… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
“The laws of physics that deal with inertia also apply to humans, such that situations tend to remain the same over time.” — Del Suggs Copy Share Image
“The Law of Inertia states that a body in motion will remain in motion, and a body at rest will remain at rest. In… — HaveYouSeenThisGirl Copy Share Image
We must nevertheless present all possible interpretations for each observation, so that competing theories can be formulated and defended. In science, as elsewhere, intellectual… — Hubert Reeves Copy Share Image
I've always made it clear that I do not believe that global government is either necessary or feasible. — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
Most of my supporters are people who actually know me. I just continue to do the best I can and I don't bother to… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
We in the industrialized world make a greater difference because our ecological footprint, our impact on the condition of the environment, is 40 to… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
Developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma. It is clear that current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class-involving high meat intake, consumption of large amounts of frozen and convenience foods, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work-place air-conditioning, and suburban housing-are not sustainable. A shift is… — Maurice Strong Copy Share
Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
Anyone who is seriously interested in me would usually do a little more homework and realise that the extreme criticisms are almost exclusively ideologically… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn. — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
Nothing less than the fate of the planet is at stake... No place on the planet can remain an island of affluence in a… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
One of the things that Ive always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on… — Judith Ellen Foster Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding war, why we need to cut the military budget by 50%, why we need to bring back our troops scattered overseas, the police force of the world, in over a hundred countries, something like eight hundred… — Jill Stein Copy Share
History has often showed us the strength of the forces that are unleashed by the yearning for freedom. It moved people to overcome their fears and openly confront dictators such as in East Germany and Eastern Europe about 22 years ago... The yearning for freedom cannot be contained by walls for long. It was this yearning that brought down the… — Angela Merkel Copy Share
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced to face issues and emotions, feelings, that they have. So it kind of forces them to face it head on, which I think is a really interesting dynamic. And I think it should be interesting and… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share
Above Coblentz almost every mountain has a ruin and a legend. One feels everywhere the spirit of the past, and its stirring recollections come… — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad for both sides. But I don't think the forces are there (that could carry out) an uprising against the leadership. The people that could initiate it are in Israeli prisons. And what could they hope to… — Tom Segev Copy Share
The one means that wins the easiest victory over reason is terror and force. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants,… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
Dictatorship is rule based directly upon force and unrestricted by any laws. The revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is rule won and maintained by… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
The great force for forging a society into a solid mass has always been war. — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated merchants or wealthy planters, had been founded by one of its illiterate slaves, who, by the sheer force of personality, charisma, and determination, liberated America from foreign rule, united the people, created an alphabet, wrote the… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share
![“Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants, lands, banks, means of transportation, etc., remain untouched there, and, therefore, capitalism in Germany and Italy…” quote by Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/411/joseph-stalin-1734_capitalism_neither-italian-fascism-nor-german-natio_1430.jpg)
