#force

General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this place. ↗

— John Buford

#artillery #attempted #fight #force #found

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#direction #dress #effect #end #follow

The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#anyone #between #cross #evil #forces

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#enforced #laws #nation #randomly #states

I must firmly adhere to the views I have held and practice, that Socialism to succeed must be practical, tolerant, cohesive and consciously compromising with Progressive forces running, if not so far, in parallel lines towards its own goal. ↗

— John Burns

#cohesive #compromising #consciously #far #firmly

I hope that the German people will never again make the mistake of believing that because the American people are peace-loving, they will sit back hoping for peace if any nation uses force or the threat of force to acquire dominion over other peoples and other governments. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#again #american #american people #any #back

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people. ↗

— Lord Byron

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Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces. ↗

— Julius Caesar

#bring #changes #deal #especially #forces

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State. ↗

— Albert Camus

#modern #power #reinforcement #revolutions #state

I know that my Republican colleagues are as ashamed as I am that the United States is forced to borrow over $1 trillion from foreign nations to pay for our national priorities like reconstruction of the gulf coast and the war in Iraq. ↗

— Dennis Cardoza

#ashamed #borrow #coast #colleagues #forced