Coercion Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Is uniformity of opinion desirable? No more than that of face and stature.

— Thomas Jefferson

What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error…

— Thomas Jefferson

“At least insofar as the rules providing for coercion are not aimed at me personally but are so framed as to apply equally to…

— Friedrich A. Hayek

Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.

— Anonymous

“Those who, having opinions which they hold to be immensely important, and the contraries to be prodigiously hurtful, have any deep regard for the…

— Christopher Hitchens

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

Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

“Coercing attitude drains your strength.”

— Toba Beta

The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction; that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The coercion which a government must still use … is reduced to a minimum and made as innocuous as possible by restraining it through…

— Friedrich A. Hayek

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

— Thomas Jefferson

What has been the effect of coericion [sic]? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and…

— Thomas Jefferson