#compels

The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate. ↗

— Elihu Root

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Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question. ↗

— Todd Solondz

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It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

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Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture. ↗

— Hal Boyle

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Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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But the same intelligence compels Germany to practise the same policy. ↗

— Pierre Laval

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What happened on September 11 compels us to focus on who we are as Americans, what we stand for, what really matters in our lives - family, friends, faith and freedom. ↗

— Bob Taft

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And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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