Quotes with compel

  • It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world s progress has come out of such loneliness.
  • History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.

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  • B. R. Ambedkar History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.
    B. R. Ambedkar
    Indian jurist, economist and politician (1891 - 1956)
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  • Sir James Matthew Barrie His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.
    Sir James Matthew Barrie
    British playwright (1860 - 1937)
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  • Ben Shapiro It was always foolhardy for Republicans and conservatives to stake their objections to Obamacare on the number of sign-ups; Social Security is going bankrupt despite 100% enrollment. The reality is that Obama was always destined to hit his required numbers because, after all, he has the power of government to compel action.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Bruce Barton It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world s progress has come out of such loneliness.
    Bruce Barton
    American Author, Advertising Executive (1886 - 1967)
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  • Thomas Carlyle No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Voltaire The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Felix Frankfurter The words of the Constitution are so unrestricted by their intrinsic meaning or by their history or by tradition or by prior decisions that they leave the individual Justice free, if indeed they do not compel him, to gather meaning not from reading the Constitution but from reading life.
    Felix Frankfurter
    Austrian-American lawyer, professor, and jurist (1882 - 1965)
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  • Billie Burke There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career.
    Billie Burke
    American actress (1884 - 1970)
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  • Anton Chekhov To advise is not to compel.
    Anton Chekhov
    Russian playwright and short story writer
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  • Thomas Jefferson To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz War therefore is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfil our will.
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.
    On War (1832) Ch. 1, paragraph 2
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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