Quotes About Forced

In Stalin's Russia racial persecution was often disguised as class warfare. More than 1.5 million members of ethnic minorities died as a result of forced resettlement.

Of the present state, whatever it be, we feel and are forced to confess the misery; yet when the same state is again at a distance, imagination paints it as desirable.

Discontent is the first step in progress. No one knows what is in him till he tries and many would never try if they were not forced to.

People have no problem with change they asked for. What people don't like is forced change—change they didn't request on a timeline they didn't choose. Your "new and improved" can easily become their "what the fuck?" when it is dumped on them as a surprise.

Miriam remembered that the holiday dated to the rebellion of the ancient Jews against forced assimilation by Greek society.

My mind is evidently so constituted that I am subconsciously forced into the path of duty without recourse to tiresome mental processes.

We are connected to things that have been forced on us, such as the sins of others

Migration is as natural as breathing, as eating, as sleeping. It is part of life, part of nature. So we have to find a way of establishing a proper kind of scenario for modern migration to exist. And when I say 'we,' I mean the world. We need to find ways of making that migration not forced.

You can't just expect anyone to turn comedian because it's something that should come naturally, but not when forced on someone.

It's Florida. Hair is just an extra sweater I'm forced to wear.

The conquering army had perpetrated untold atrocities. The Japanese had occupied my home and twice forced us to leave the land I loved.

For what is wedlock forced, but a hell,An age of discord and continual strife?Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss,And is a pattern of celestial peace.

If we don't understand how seriously ill we are, we don't pursue the remedy with the required diligence. If we are slightly ill, we take an aspirin. If we are dying, we passionately pursue a cure. The cure is not forced on us; it is offered to us.4

If blues culture had developed under the conditions of oppressive, forced labor, hip-hop culture would arise from the conditions of no work.

The banal drawling frowning speech of men who don't care about what they're doing. Until forced to. Who all unawares destroy their own warrens, who poison their own food, convinced of righteousness.

I can imagine Iceland becoming a good place to run a controversial Web site. But... Iceland may find itself forced to defend controversial speech.

Amtrak should not preclude their customers from exercising their full rights through a forced arbitration policy.

I hate receiving compliments; I hate being told I'm talented or people think I'm going to be a movie star. I always feel that it's forced and fake.

were denied direct participation in the government, forced to rely on wit and wile to influence the men who wielded raw power.

Yes, death is far less dire to contemplate Than a forced marriage to an unloved mate

Besides, I could hardly complain to the administration that I was being forced to learn magic.

did not like to be deserted this way. So I tried to walk after them. But my feet would not touch the ground, and I was forced to stay on that pole. It was a lonely life to

Some people say that we here have no freedom of religion, ... In reality, the people in that country are the ones who were forced to embrace a religion.

Religion and liberty are inseparable. Religion is voluntary, and cannot and ought not to be forced.