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Quotes About Force

You know what I think about violence. For me it is profoundly moral -more moral than compromises and transactions.
~ Benito Mussolini
Blow, wind, and crack your cheeks. Rage! Blow!
~ William Shakespeare
I would say the broadcaster holds the shotgun in his hand when he's communicating, mainly because he is a part of the audience more than he is a communicator. That is his first strength. Next, he has the force — the power of the wires strung over the whole world. Then, he has the tools of persuasion. His cameras and microphones are mightier than the pen. He can bend the straw, and all he needs to do it is Truth. With truth, force, and persuasion he can save this country.
~ Dick Gregory, c. 1963
in the first place, Majesty, a pyramid is power. It is repression,force,and wealth. But it is just as much: domination of the rabble; the narrowing of its mind; the weakening of its will; monotony; and waste. O my Pharaoh, it is your most reliable guardian. Your secret police. Your army. Your fleet. Your harem. The higher it is, the tinier your subjects will seem. And the smaller your subjects, the more you rise, o Majesty, to your full height.
~ Ismail Kadare
Within every man and woman is a force that directs and controls the entire course of life.
~ Israel Regardie
gospodstvo je kao veliki vjetar; kre?e se, kida i osipa.
~ Ivo Andri?
Many of these books were quite good, most were middle-of-the-road, and a few brought to mind a review by Dorothy Parker, in which she stated, "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
~ J. Michael Straczynski
Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical. —Blaise Pascal
~ J.D. Robb
Her body arched backward so forcefully that he almost lost her to the sea. He was so startled by her sudden
~ J.D. Robb
a hundred-eighty pounds of dead weight—all muscle—to
~ J.D. Robb
I'm not your weakness. I'm your goddamn weapon.
~ J.D. Robb
Separately, you're strong, clever people. Together you're a force.
~ J.D. Robb
War is about: compelling a choice on someone who would not otherwise make it.
~ J.M. Coetzee
The Brotherhood was strong, a unit. a powerful force in their world for good. And so too were the females. Strong. A unit. A powerful force for good in their world.
~ J.R. Ward
The mind...the mind was the most powerful force for and against someone.
~ J.R. Ward
I don't believe in true love." When was the last time you saw the sun? "My transition." And yet it has continued to exist and warm the planet and sustain life, even without the benefit of your eyes. You're less powerful than that, Balthazar. True love does not require your acknowledgment to be a force in this world.
~ J.R. Ward
In their world, dominion was established through force and manipulation by individuals of the male persuasion. Position was earned or lost by contests of will that were often bloody and resulted in a body count. When one came from that orientation, one most certainly did not expect to be castrated in one's own galley by a woman who didn't even have a knife. And would likely have to get up on a stepladder to remove said anatomy. -Assail's thoughts
~ J.R. Ward
Even though they were not in love, he was exactly what she would have wanted as a father for her young. Ever since she had made the decision to participate in the real world, she had learned how rough life was, how others could conspire against you—and how sometimes principled force was all that got you through the night. Qhuinn had the latter in spades. He was a great, fearsome protector, and that was precisely what a female needed when she was pregnant, nursing, or caring for a young.
~ J.R. Ward
Il silenzio e l'immobilità della morte erano un vuoto, un buco nero che attirava a sé tutto quello che gli stava vicino; e la spinta era così potente che le vite degli altri si interrompevano, momentaneamente paralizzate da quella forza tremenda e contagiosa.
~ J.R. Ward
Oh what was the racket that backeted and smashed in raging might, to make this oil-puddle world?--
~ Jack Kerouac
I thought he was an interesting central figure, central character, one who is definitely not your typical central character figure in a film, who's easy to like. He's not easy to like. It forces you to involve yourself with what's going on.
~ Patrick Warburton
The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
~ H. P. Lovecraft
The amount of military force necessary to provide reassurance depends on how dangerous people think the world is. And that I think ultimately depends upon the kinds of government that hold sway in major countries.
~ Michael Mandelbaum
During the Umbrella Movement, the police force wasn't in control, and the police ignored the law and tried to use extreme force to hurt people.
~ Joshua Wong