#force

A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

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The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force. ↗

— George Bancroft

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Scare answers to scare, and force begets force, until at length it comes to be seen that we are racing one against another after a phantom security which continually vanishes as we approach. ↗

— Henry Campbell-Bannerman

#against #another #answers #approach #begets

Close your eyes and place your finger on a map. Wherever it lands, that's the theme of the evening. So many times we settle for routine dishes. This forces you to try new cuisines. ↗

— Mario Batali

#cuisines #dishes #evening #eyes #finger

Sam Walton was a master storyteller who used illustrative stories to reinforce his cultural standards. ↗

— Michael Bergdahl

#his #illustrative #master #reinforce #sam

We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the loss of independence and originality. This is a serious and fundamental obstacle but it may be overcome in two ways. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#cannot #directed #done #employing #forced

I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us. ↗

— Eric Holder

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The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld. ↗

— Dorothy Thompson

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If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#continuation #depended #destroy #dry #every

There's a moral force in a sentence when it comes out right. It speaks the writer's will to live. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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