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The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the world's public opinion. ↗

— Elihu Root

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We must reinforce argument with results. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

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The beautiful seems right by force of beauty, and the feeble wrong because of weakness. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

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To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

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All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities. ↗

— James F. Cooper

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No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment. ↗

— Jared Diamond

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It pains me whenever there's the death of a law enforcement official. ↗

— Eric Holder

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My obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today. ↗

— Francois Hollande

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