Force Quotes

America is the greatest force for good in the history of the world.

America has the strongest, best-trained, best-led military force in the world, and we have failed them. Our military today is struggling in virtually every category that measures preparedness.

But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations.

In 2003, I warned of a 'creeping coup' in Russia against the forces of democracy and market capitalism in Russia.

Those whom reason hath equalled, force hath made supreme

We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in.

The political spirit is the great force in throwing the love of truth and accurate reasoning into a secondary place.

Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. With a force mightier than gravity, it attracts the eye to the shimmering red presence in the clear night sky.

We now have a satisfactory solution not only to coalition forces, but also to the Iraqi authorities themselves.

No arbitrary regulation, no act of the legislature, can add anything to the capital of the country; it can only force it into artificial channels.

Architecture ... the adaptation of form to resist force.

The force of the guinea you have in your pocket depends wholly on the default of a guinea in your neighbour's pocket. If he did not want it, it would be of no use to you.

No small misery is caused by overworked and unhappy people, in the dark views which they necessarily take up themselves, and force upon others, of work itself.

Music is a potent energy force.

A woman holds dreadful power over a man who is in love with her but she should realize that the quality and force of his love is the index of his potential contempt and hatred.

I'd rather have a daughter in a whorehouse than a son in the police force,' Esther used to rage to anyone who would listen.

The humans have a curious force they call ambition. It drives them, and, through them, it drives us. This force which keeps them active, we lack. Perhaps, in time, we machines will acquire it.

I don't think this wall [Donald Trump wants to build], having the - there's no way to force them to, but expecting the Mexicans to pay for it doesn't make any sense either.

The United States has used force abroad more than 130 times, but has only declared war five times - the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War, and World Wars I and II.

I worked there [on Pontiac] three weeks, got really sick of it, went back home and joined the Air Force.

Feel the force of forgiveness.

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.

As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation, America's unifying force has never been a specific faith, but a commitment to freedom - not least freedom of conscience.

My paranoia never ends, but I haven't been paranoid about being spied on my shadowy forces for some time now.

You can see why the Marxist left would resist the idea that Hitler was a revolutionary. Because if he was, then either Hitler was a force for good, or revolutions can be bad.

Cities force us to interact with strangers and with the strange. They pry the mind open. And that is why they are the idea that has unleashed so many of our new ideas.

We from every religion feel comfortable in Britain because there is a host. The Church of England is a good host, it has been a major force in shaping England into such a tolerant society.

Art can be very political but that can't be the purpose of art, it can't be the driving force. It isn't with any of the books that I love, anyway.

...he was leaving me. I wondered if I should stop him. If I should wrestle him to the ground and force him to love me. I wanted to hold his shoulders down and shout into his face.

Amis is a force unto himself There is, quite simply, no one else like him.

We need to balance the budget and force Washington to stop spending more than it takes in.

When the spirit of child's play enters into the creative process, it's a wonderful force and something to be nurtured.

Gender equality is more successful than armed force.

It is clear that no one will achieve any kind of objective through the force of violence, and that no one will make Spaniards yield to threats of guns, whoever may be holding them

Talk not of love: thou never knew'st its force.

When a man works by faith, he works by mental exertion instead of by physical force.

My dear husband, Richard, has been the driving force behind my success and rise to whatever level I am now. My story and legacy is incomplete without his mention.

What madness! Yet she would do it, if she could force herself. She'd become, she believed, a stronger person: a willful, resolute. Like the man who adored her, reckless.

Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on the hustings as at the fireside.

As Christians try to force prayer into public schools, they often settle for a 'moment of silence.' But that supposedly innocuous 'moment of silence' is a deafening roar to a nonbeliever.

An unforgettable tale of love, lust, faith, betrayal, and redemption. A powerful, mesmerizing suspense novel-a tour de force!

[after the death of a loved one] It is when there is nothing more to be done that the reality of the loss often hits with full force.

What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?

Life is what we make of it. Whether we conceive of an inner god force or an other, outer God, doesn't matter. Relying on that force does.

President [Barack] Obama did put together a task force on 21st Century Policing, led by Philadelphia police chief Charles Ramsey, to look at some of these issues after Ferguson.

The Task Force didn't produce any earth-shattering findings but it suggests that this matter is on the president's radar screen.

Like a soldier back from battle you fill my vision. You're a flood, a baptism I'd forgotten, and the force of you leaves me breathless.

I'm also fascinated by the interplay between personal history and the larger forces that form the context for our lives.

There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life.

If you're trying to force the story to be a straight up romance, it's going to be weird for you.