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Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Quote by Herodotus about force, police, need

Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.

Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.

Quote by William Penn about opinion, force, police

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives...

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

Quote by William Penn about opinion, force, police, love

When a mass of matter is to be removed a certain force...

When a mass of matter is to be removed a certain force must be expended; and upon the proper economy of this force the price of transport will depend.

Quote by Charles Babbage about tragedy, force, police, economy

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

Quote by Ansel Adams about originality, force, police, creation, fight, human imperfections, spirit, man

We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.

Quote by Ray Bradbury about force, police, miracle, imagination, life

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our...

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions, concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about force, police

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our...

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions, desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about wish, force, police

Justice without force is powerless, force without justice...

Justice without force is powerless, force without justice is tyrannical.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about justice, force, police

Freedom is mainly the force Force to remove the influence of others, to remove the interest and instinct and to use your intelligence by yourself, in a noble way noble. Lived ideas

Quote by Mihail Sadoveanu about liberty, force, police, influence, intelligence, interest, instinct, use

Not force of muscle, but force of mind is what is...

Not force of muscle, but force of mind is what is changing the world every time.

Quote by Marius Torok about mind, force, police, world, time

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to...

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.

Quote by Confucius about philosophy, impossible, force, police, man

The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted.

Quote by Charles Babbage about force, police, human imperfections

The force of vapour is another fertile source of moving...

The force of vapour is another fertile source of moving power; but even in this case it cannot be maintained that power is created.

Quote by Charles Babbage about power, force, police

I had to force things to happen.

I had to force things to happen.

Quote by Victoria Abril about force, police, things

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the...

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

Quote by Lord Acton about democracy, force, police

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.

Quote by Joseph Addison about violence, justice, force, police

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

Quote by Aesop about philosophy, force, police

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon...

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

Quote by Aesop about courage, force, police

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the...

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about weakness, force, police, beauty, bad, rightness

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