Conform Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.

— Alfred Thayer Mahan

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

— Gustavo de Greiff

The only justification in the use of force is to reduce the amount of force necessary to be used.

— Alfred North Whitehead

I'm not opposed to the use of force.

— Jill Stein

Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force

— Blaise Pascal

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

— Pierre Corneille

There is a certain seductiveness about dead things. You can ill treat, alter and recolour what's dead. It won’t complain.

— Jeanette Winterson

... it is as true in morals as in physics that all force is imperishable; therefore the consequences of a human action never cease.

— Tennessee Celeste Claflin

That which is useless dies. Animals that fail to serve some useful purpose in the scheme of things slowly but surely become extinct. Let…

— B. C. Forbes

“Deadly Force should ONLY be used if you reasonably believe that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to…

— Col Ben Findley

Better to use force when you should rather than when you must.

— George P. Bush

Any time we give people the ability to use force, we have to be very careful. It's sort of like the people who spy…

— Rand Paul