"When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform."
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"Since corrupt people unite amongst themselves to constitute a force, then honest people must do the same."
"Your gentleness shall force More than your force move us to gentleness."
"Force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one."
"The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do."
"It is necessary that the weakness of the powerless is transformed into a force capable of announcing justice. For this to happen, a total denouncement of fatalism is necessary. We are transformative beings and not beings for accommodation."
"The great are strongest when they stand alone, A God-given might of being is their force."
"He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces."
"Spread love and understanding,” Reacher said. “Use force if necessary."
"Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind."
"The Force is within you. Force yourself."
"It was from Handel that I learned that style consists in force of assertion."
"Medicine has its limitations, Life Force has none."
"Oh! that gentleness! how far more potent is it than force!"
"One arises from a low to a high station more often by using fraud instead of force."
"Labor # Unions are the leading force for # democratization and # progress ."
"Certain other societies may respect the rule of force--we respect the rule of law."
"They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others."
"Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards."
"My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases."