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The necessary consequence of man's right to life is his right to self-defense. In a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use. All the reasons which make the initiation of physical force an evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative. If some "pacifist" society renounced the retaliatory use of force, it would be left helplessly at the mercy of the first thug who decided to be immoral. Such a society would... Ayn Rand
George Orwell quote: "Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows..."
Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force. George Orwell
Martin Luther King jr. quote: "Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of..."
Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. Martin Luther King jr.
Do you not see, first, that - as a mental abstract - physical force is directly opposed to morality; and secondly, that it practically drives out of existence the moral forces? Auberon Herbert
Agnes Smedley quote: "When I was a girl, the West was still young, and the law of..."
When I was a girl, the West was still young, and the law of force, of physical force, was dominant. Agnes Smedley
Volumes can be and have been written aboutthe issue of freedom versus dictatorship, but, in essence, it comes down to a single question: do you consider it moral to treat men as sacrificial animalsand to rule them by physical force? Ayn Rand
A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. Ayn Rand
W. H. Auden quote: "When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over. from..."
When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over. from an essay for Writers by Nancy Crampton W. H. Auden
Our mission is not to impose our peculiar institutions upon other nations by physical force or diplomatic treachery but rather by internal peace and prosperity to solve the problem of self-government and reconcile democratic freedom with national stability. Benjamin Harrison
Wayne Dyer quote: "A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming..."
A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe. Wayne Dyer
Physiology seeks to derive the processes in our own nervous system from general physical forces, without considering whether these processes are or are not accompanied by processes of consciousness. Wilhelm Wundt
Well, gauge theory is very fundamental to our understanding of physical forces these days. But they are also dependent on a mathematical idea, which has been around for longer than gauge theory has. Roger Penrose
A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression. Joel Barlow
Franklin D. Roosevelt quote: "Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact..."
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Both the old and new physics were dealing with shadow-symbols, but the new physics was forced to be aware of that fact - forced to be aware that it was dealing with shadows and illusions, not reality. Ken Wilber

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