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Quotes About Force

It sounds like you sort of made that woman buy you the bear—" "Celeste." "Celeste, whether she wanted to or not. Do you see what I'm saying?
~ James Patterson
and, thus, the strength of the fire." He's taking
~ James Patterson
Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law.
~ Olusegun Obasanjo
Ultimately, China may use force to push for unification with Taiwan, a scenario we all must work to prevent.
~ Mike Simpson
Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.
~ John Ruskin
I think Europe is well advised to form a unified economic force to be on par with the U.S. and China.
~ Joe Kaeser
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.
~ Isaac Newton
People in uniform are not sacrosanct. They don't have all the answers. The use of force is a political decision at its core, in terms of its objectives; then the military, as the experts, must be brought in to tell you how to do it.
~ Richard Holbrooke
The New York Times' was enigmatic: 'Some unimaginable gravitational force is pulling our entire galaxy in the opposite direction.' End of article. If you stop and think about that, we are recreating ourselves.
~ Dwight Schultz
Well, we know that eighteen years after that solemn declaration it was disregarded, and the Irish Parliament, which lasted for five hundred years, was destroyed by the Act of Union. Gentlemen, the Act of Union was carried by force and fraud, by treachery and falsehood.
~ John Edward Redmond
Arthur Scargill's leadership of the miners' strike has been a disgrace. The price to be paid for his folly will be immense. He will have destroyed the N.U.M. as an effective fighting force within British trade unionism for the next 20 years. If kamikaze pilots were to form their own union, Arthur would be an ideal choice for leader.
~ Jimmy Reid
I don't want to get too philosophical, but in a sense, you're given this gift, this sort of creative force in you, and I think everyone has it, and it's completely unique to you. And you as a person have a little bit of a responsibility as its shepherd if you choose to incorporate that into your life.
~ Ze Frank
The desire to help those struggling abroad gain the freedoms enjoyed here at home has remained a uniquely unifying force in American politics.
~ Tom Malinowski
Indeed, many Singaporeans hope the opposition can unite and coordinate their efforts so as to become a more relevant political force.
~ Pritam Singh
The BBC provides the commentary on our lives, the soundtrack of the nation. It is one of the most powerful unifying forces in the United Kingdom today.
~ Gavyn Davies
If the United States leads a multinational force into Iraq without United Nations backing, Canada should fight beside its neighbour. We've gone from being a middle power to a muddle power on this one.
~ Peter MacKay
Any negotiated, peaceful solution to the problems between the United States and peoples, or any people of Latin America, which does not imply force or the use of force, must be addressed in accordance with international principles and norms.
~ Fidel Castro
Our recent 5-year labour agreements, in Canada as well as the United States, are based upon experience, logic and principle rather than on pressure, propaganda and force.
~ Charles E. Wilson
The use of threats and intimidation to force energy companies to submit to an extremist agenda may be fitting under a totalitarian regime, but it is never acceptable in the United States.
~ John Fleming
Even if you were a general in 1945, if you split the revolutionary national unity today, if you are an enemy of the main pillars of the revolution today, then you have become a force of reaction!
~ Sukarno
The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force.
~ Peter DeFazio
Without doubt, God is the universal moving force, but each being is moved according to the nature that God has given it.
~ Joseph de Maistre
Business has a responsibility and opportunity to be the driving force for the advancement of universal human rights.
~ Paul Polman
I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life.
~ B. F. Skinner