Earth Quote by 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

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

“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

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

The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected.

— Garrett Hardin

The exercise of one coercion always makes another inevitable.

— Anders Chydenius

People haven't really acknowledged the issues of coercive control, which can be terrifying, it really is one person's word against another.

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

Coercion is as much the tool of the welfare state as it is of communism. The programs and edicts of both are backed by…

— Leonard Read

“Coercing attitude drains your strength.”

— Toba Beta

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

— Dinesh D'Souza

Conformity is inevitable when folks huddle together in rebellion.

— Herbert Gold

All social cooperation on a larger scale than the most intimate social group requires a measure of coercion.

— Reinhold Niebuhr