Quotes by forces

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  • George Orwell
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) 1903-1950
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    A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
  • Dorothea Brande
    Dorothea Brande
    American writer and editor 1893–1948
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    Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.
  • Jose Ortega Y Gasset
    Jose Ortega Y Gasset
    Spanish writer and philosopher 1883-1955
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    By speaking, by thinking, we undertake to clarify things, and that forces us to exacerbate them, dislocate them, schematize them. Every concept is in itself an exaggeration.
  • Abdul Kalam
    Abdul Kalam
    11th President of India 1931-2015
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    Happiness, satisfaction, and success in life depend on making the right choices, the winning choices. There are forces in life working for you and against you. One must distinguish the beneficial forces from the malevolent ones and choose correctly between them.
    Source: Wings of Fire
  • Carl Rowan
    Carl Rowan
    American government official, journalist and author 1925-2000
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    (President Nixon,) in the face of a vote to impeach he might try, as commander-in-chief, to use military forces to keep himself in power.
    Source: October 26, 1973 Washington Star article entitled Has President Nixon Gone Crazy?
  • Bruce Jackson
    Bruce Jackson
    American folklorist, documentary filmmaker and writer 1936-
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    All governments in all wars have used all the means at their disposal to put their own motives, decisions and actions, and the actions of their military forces, in the best possible light.
  • Albert Einstein
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist 1879-1955
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    All such action would cease if those powerful elemental forces were to cease stirring within us.
  • Benjamin Tucker
    Benjamin Tucker
    American anarchist and socialist 1854-1939
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    Almost the only persons who may be said to comprehend even approximately the significance, principles, and purposes of Socialism are the chief leaders of the extreme wings of the Socialistic forces, and perhaps a few of the money kings themselves.
  • Adnan Pachachi
    Adnan Pachachi
    Iraqi and Emirati politician 1923-2019
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    An apology for the actions of some troops who, of course, are not representative of the majority of the armed forces here, I think that would have been useful and it would have helped to some extent.
  • Barbara Lee
    Barbara Lee
    American politician 1946-
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    As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.
  • Basil King
    Basil King
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    Be bold-and mighty forces will come to your aid.
  • John Burroughs
    John Burroughs
    American writer 1837-1921
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    Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.
  • Bertrand Russell
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician 1872-1970
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    Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily contain within itself forces which must bring either decay or explosion?
  • Boris Johnson
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author 1964-
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    Dark forces dragged me away from the keyboard, swirling forces of irresistible intensity and power.
    Source: A wise guy playing the fool to win, Sunday Times, 16 July 2000, p. 17.
  • Auberon Herbert
    Auberon Herbert
    British writer, theorist, philosopher
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    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?
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