"At the centre of nonviolence is a force which is self-acting."
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"Nonviolence is the law of the human race and is infinitely greater than, and superior to, brute force."
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"A popular government wields a moral force, which is infinitely superior to the physical force that the foreign government could summon to its assistance."
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"Nonviolence to be worth anything has to work in the face of hostile forces."
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"Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force."
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"Few there were who could change his courses by counsel. None by force."
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"Anybody who has anybody in the armed forces, I don't care how well-trained they are, there's nothing safe about it."
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"Music is a unifying force."
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"A positive mental attitude is an irresistible force that knows no such thing as an immovable body."
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"All our inventions have endowed material forces with intellectual life, and degraded human life into a material force."
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"The mightiest rivers lose their force when split up into several streams."
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"Error, by force of contrast, enhances the triumph of Truth."
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"Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him."
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"An ancient custom obtains force of nature."
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"To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning."
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"Maybe the Kindle was the Bowflex of bookishness: something expensive that, when you commit to it, forces you to do more of whatever it is you think you should be doing more of."
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"Just rejoice at the news and congratulate our armed forces and the Marines. Rejoice!"
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"I am highly susceptible to the force of all truly religious music, especially to the music of my own church, the church of Shelley, Michelangelo, and Beethoven."
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"Wit is a form of force that leaves the limbs at rest."
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"In my estimation, more misery has been created by reformers than by any other force in human history."
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