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"The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once."

"The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once."

F. H. Bradley, British Philosopher

Force, Struggle, Temptation, Yield

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"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."

"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."

Anatoly Chubais, Russian Politician

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"The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force."

"The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force."

Adolf Hitler, German Criminal

Force, Population, Rhetoric

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"Arabs respect only the language of force."

"Arabs respect only the language of force."

Moshe Sharett, Israeli Statesman

Force, Language, Respect

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"You are the most powerful cultural force in the world."

"You are the most powerful cultural force in the world."

William J. Clinton, American President

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"Force is not a remedy."

"Force is not a remedy."

John Bright, British Politician

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"The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force."

"The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force."

Peter DeFazio, American Politician

Force, Freedom, Iraq, Security

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"Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not."

"Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

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"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."

"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."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

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"At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm getting frustrated with, say, writing a poem, I can go and pick up the brushes and start painting. At the point where the painting seems to not be going anywhere, I go and pick up the guitar."

"At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm getting frustrated with, say, writing a poem, I can go and pick up the brushes and start painting. At the point where the painting seems to not be going anywhere, I go and pick up the guitar."

Joni Mitchell, Canadian Musician

Force, Guitar, Painting, Trying

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"Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack."

"Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack."

Jack Adams, Canadian Athlete

Force, Islands, Mission, Sea

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"Force has no place where there is need of skill."

"Force has no place where there is need of skill."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

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"Photography is a major force in explaining man to man."

"Photography is a major force in explaining man to man."

Edward Steichen, American Photographer

Force, Man, Photography

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"Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs."

"Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs."

Maurice Strong, Canadian Businessman

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"All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals."

"All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals."

Ron Paul, American Politician

Force, Rights, State

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"It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and drive them to markets, than the profits of the whole stock were capable of maintaining."

"It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and drive them to markets, than the profits of the whole stock were capable of maintaining."

James Hogg, Scottish Poet

Force, Houses, Sheep

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"Right reason is stronger than force."

"Right reason is stronger than force."

James A. Garfield, American President

Force, Reason, Right

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"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."

"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."

William Whewell, English Philosopher

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"To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury."

"To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury."

Benjamin Tucker, American Activist

Force, Injury, Insult, Liberty

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"And I would argue the second greatest force in the universe is ownership."

"And I would argue the second greatest force in the universe is ownership."

Chris Chocola, American Politician

Force, Ownership, Universe

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"I would say that if you don't feel like talking to the crowd something is wrong and if you force yourself to talk to them things will happen and to that extent things aren't choreographed."

"I would say that if you don't feel like talking to the crowd something is wrong and if you force yourself to talk to them things will happen and to that extent things aren't choreographed."

Leo Kottke, American Musician

Force, Talk, Talking, Will

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"So the reason that the Bay of Pigs failed was that the original promise made by Eisenhower was not kept by the subsequent Administration. It allowed hostile air to wipe out the approaching invasion force."

"So the reason that the Bay of Pigs failed was that the original promise made by Eisenhower was not kept by the subsequent Administration. It allowed hostile air to wipe out the approaching invasion force."

E. Howard Hunt, American Criminal

Force, Promise, Reason

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"Speaker Newt Gingrich has appointed a task force, which I'm on, and over the next couple months the task force is going to try to come up with legislation that does what we're all trying to do. I feel pretty good about the members that are on the task force."

"Speaker Newt Gingrich has appointed a task force, which I'm on, and over the next couple months the task force is going to try to come up with legislation that does what we're all trying to do. I feel pretty good about the members that are on the task force."

Charlie Norwood, American Politician

Force, Legislation, Months, Pretty

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"One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires."

"One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

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"We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington."

"We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington."

Richard Perle, American Public Servant

Force, Paris, Washington

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"The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell."

"The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell."

Andre Malraux, French Author

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"Sometimes, if you really want to try something original, you step a little too far out of bounds. I mean, there's a market force that kind of unconsciously keeps you in line a little bit."

"Sometimes, if you really want to try something original, you step a little too far out of bounds. I mean, there's a market force that kind of unconsciously keeps you in line a little bit."

David Zucker, American Director

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"It's hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force is just like - It's never been a factor in what I've done or what the band's done."

"It's hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force is just like - It's never been a factor in what I've done or what the band's done."

James Iha, American Musician

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"Force is the weapon of the weak."

"Force is the weapon of the weak."

Ammon Hennacy, American Activist

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"I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that."

"I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that."

Donald Rumsfeld, American Politician

Force, Iraq, Months, Today

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"No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech."

"No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech."

Kin Hubbard, American Journalist

Force, Help, Speech, Witty

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"It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is in his mind, but can extract what is in his stomach."

"It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is in his mind, but can extract what is in his stomach."

Felix Frankfurter, American Judge

Force, Man, Mind, Order

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"It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure... Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best."

"It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure... Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best."

Harold W. Dodds, American Educator

Force, Insecurity, Old

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"Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe."

"Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe."

John Milton, English Poet

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"The mercy caravans are through there the medicine refugees flowing out. It makes the United States look very bad here. And much more like an occupation force than it did before."

"The mercy caravans are through there the medicine refugees flowing out. It makes the United States look very bad here. And much more like an occupation force than it did before."

Jon Lee Anderson, American Author

Force, Medicine, Mercy, Occupation

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"When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered."

"When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered."

Dorothy Thompson, American Journalist

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"I do feel we can create more jobs and opportunities for Jersey City residents, but in the spirit of free enterprise, I do not think it is right to force companies to hire a fixed percentage of local residents."

"I do feel we can create more jobs and opportunities for Jersey City residents, but in the spirit of free enterprise, I do not think it is right to force companies to hire a fixed percentage of local residents."

Vincent Frank, American Author

Force, Jobs, Right, Spirit

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"Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match."

"Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match."

Karl Kraus, Austrian Writer

Force, Stupidity

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"We butchered the force present at the airport, we are destroying them."

"We butchered the force present at the airport, we are destroying them."

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Public Servant

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"They take journalism really seriously because they know the force that it is and can be."

"They take journalism really seriously because they know the force that it is and can be."

Christiane Amanpour, English Journalist

Force, Journalism

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"Give us that grand word "woman" once again, and let's have done with "lady"; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen; and one's a word for lackeys."

"Give us that grand word "woman" once again, and let's have done with "lady"; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen; and one's a word for lackeys."

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American Writer

Force, Pen, Tongue, Word

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"Every once in a while I feel the tremendous force of the novel. But it does not stay with me."

"Every once in a while I feel the tremendous force of the novel. But it does not stay with me."

Zane Grey, American Author

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"Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies."

"Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies."

Joseph Addison, English Writer

Force, Justice, Violence

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"Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of my presidency the media tried to force everything else to revolve around it."

"Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of my presidency the media tried to force everything else to revolve around it."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Force, Media, Presidency, Universe

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"The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals."

"The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals."

Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician

Force, Ideals, Justice, Right

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"I went to Ft Bragg and learned that Delta was indeed gearing up for the rescue. Still I was concerned the Reagan staff would not be willing to take the risk of sending an official military force into Laos."

"I went to Ft Bragg and learned that Delta was indeed gearing up for the rescue. Still I was concerned the Reagan staff would not be willing to take the risk of sending an official military force into Laos."

Bo Gritz, American Soldier

Force, Military, Risk

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"The more we reduce ourselves to machines in the lower things, the more force we shall set free to use in the higher."

"The more we reduce ourselves to machines in the lower things, the more force we shall set free to use in the higher."

Anna C. Brackett, American Philosopher

Force, Machines

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"Nothing matures a military force quicker than actual military operations."

"Nothing matures a military force quicker than actual military operations."

Duncan Hunter, American Politician

Force, Military, Nothing

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"A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting."

"A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting."

James M. Barrie, British Playwright

Force, Open, Past

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"Another adverse factor was the way the Russians received continual reinforcements from their back areas, as they fell back. It seemed to us that as soon as one force was wiped out, the path was blocked by the arrival of a fresh force."

"Another adverse factor was the way the Russians received continual reinforcements from their back areas, as they fell back. It seemed to us that as soon as one force was wiped out, the path was blocked by the arrival of a fresh force."

Gerd von Rundstedt, German Soldier

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