force quotes

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

The magical, supernatural force that is with us every second is time. We can’t even comprehend it. It’s such an illusion, it’s such a strange thing.

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

If a projectile were deprived of the force of gravity, it would not be deflected toward the earth but would go off in a straight line into the heavens and do so with uniform motion, provided that the resistance of the air were removed.

We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.

I have explained the phenomena of the heavens and of our sea by the force of gravity, but I have not yet assigned a cause to gravity.

An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.

People are underestimating the force of angry kids.

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

Weight, force and casual impulse, together with resistance, are the four external powers in which all the visible actions of mortals have their being and their end.

Law, without force, is impotent.

Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.

If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, then we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order.

To rule children by force is the technique of Satan, not of the Savior.

Freedom is a man’s natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.

You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.

It is important to emphasize that guerrilla warfare is a war of the masses, a war of the people. The guerrilla band is an armed nucleus, the fighting vanguard of the people. It draws its great force from the mass of the people themselves.

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

Nature has always had more force than education.

Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

Force always attracts men of low morality.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.