"The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood."

Bismarck, Otto Von · Force · 0 fans >>
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"Force is not a remedy."

Bright, John · Force · 0 fans >>
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"The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again: and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered."

Burke, Edmund · Force · 0 fans >>
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"Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not."

Corneille, Pierre · Force · 0 fans >>
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"The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations."

Friedman, David · Force · 0 fans >>
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"Civilization is nothing more than the effort to reduce the use of force to the last resort."

Gasset, Jose Ortega Y · Force · 0 fans >>
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"Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer."

Hepburn, Katharine · Force · 1 fans >>
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"Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form."

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von · Force · 0 fans >>
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"Force works on servile natures, not the free."

Johnson, Ben · Force · 0 fans >>
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"Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives."

Kapuscinski, Ryszard · Force · 0 fans >>
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