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Force Quotes
"We oppose occupation of land by force and we believe in dialogue as the method for regaining Arab rights. This is the spirit of the Great Arab Revolt."
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"The liquidation of colonialism is a trend of the times which no force can hold back."
51
"What was taken by force, can only be restored by force."
46
"No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever."
41
"You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish."
28
"Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think."
27
"How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law."
24
"If the poet has pursued a moral objective, he has diminished his poetic force."
23
"However, this President sees no problem eliminating funding for Perkins Loans in his budget, even though the cost of tuition is rising and will continue to rise as the administration's policies force inflation."
22
"Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity."
22
"Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force, and labor is therefore the employer of capital."
21
"The red directors were one of the main political forces. Another force was the former Soviet ministers who lost everything because of the transformation of the Soviet Union to Russia."
20
"The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force."
20
"Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others, the harm resulting from the failing to apprehend him does not justify the use of deadly force to do so."
20
"The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force."
20
"Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it."
19
"The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once."
19
"Nobody's going to force me to do something against my will. What do I owe anybody that I should submit my will to them?"
19
"Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling."
18
"To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him."
18
"Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards."
18
"Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more."
18
"Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed."
18
"There is a bright spot or two for the Spaniards. French toast has become freedom toast on the Air Force One breakfast menu, but the Spanish omelet is still a Spanish omelet."
17
"Photography is a major force in explaining man to man."
16
"During the engagement I tried to throw a strong force through the canon, but I was obliged to use it elsewhere before it had gotten to the supposed location of the village."
16
"We must be prepared to face our responsibilities and be willing to use force if necessary."
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