Force Quotes - Page 25
Even God is said to be unable to use force against necessity.
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”
Nick Hornby (1999). “About a Boy”, p.63, Penguin
Mahatma Gandhi (2014). “Freedom's Battle: Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation”, p.50, The Floating Press
War with all its glorification of brute force is essentially a degrading thing.
Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “The Essential Gandhi: His Life, Work, and Ideas : an Anthology”, Vintage
Brain against brute force - and brain came out on the top - as its bound to do.
Kenneth Grahame (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Kenneth Grahame (Illustrated)”, p.79, Delphi Classics
You'll find my power comes from within.... and is a force to be reckoned with.
"Silver Surfer". Comic book, Vol. 3, no. 35 "The Name is Thanos", March 1990.
Don't force me into saying what I don't want to say, and what I won't say.
Ivan Turgenev (2013). “Delphi Works of Ivan Turgenev (Illustrated)”, p.392, Delphi Classics
Finally, states have monopolized, or sought to monopolize, armed force.
Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (1995). “Capistalist Civilisation”, p.55, Verso
Herbert Marcuse (2013). “One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society”, p.67, Routledge