“Persuasion is often more effectual than force.”

“The Sun is bad enough even while he is single, drying up our marshes with his heat as he does. But what will become of us if he marries and and begets other suns?”

“Persuasion is better than force.”

And God willing, with the force of God behind it, we shall soon experience a world without the United States and Zionism.

Love is the strongest force the world possesses.

There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.

I have always seen the United States as a force of good. And I have learned that there is the idealistic part about what we can do at the U.N. and there is a doable part. And I have learned what is more doable.

Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I came up with something.

In a battle between force and an idea, the latter always prevails.

Repression by brute force is always a confession of the inability to make use of the better weapons of the intellect—better because they alone give promise of final success.

“When there’s no crisis and you are just stuck, it is much harder to force yourself to react. There’s no emergency. That’s why it is so easy to postpone action. Day in and day out you just do the same old thing.” 

"When something really matters, you should never give up or give in."

"I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that."

"We must be prepared to face our responsibilities and be willing to use force if necessary."

"Motor cut. Forced landing. Hit cow. Cow died. Scared me."

"The message was that if something is free, you should only take the best. If, on the other hand, you're forced to pay, it's best to lower the bar and not be so choosy."

"It make one's mouth hurt to speak with such forced merriment."

"Life will not bear refinement. You must do as other people do."

"Man is not weak; knowledge is more than equivalent to force."

"Knowledge is more than equivalent to force."

"One may say there is a force like a hundred thousand wedges..."

"A man must be forced to choose. It is only when you are forced to choose that you know what is important to you."

"We are confident. We have ourselves. We know how to sacrifice. We know how to work. We know how to combat the forces that oppose us. But even more than that, we are true believers in the whole idea of justice. Justice is so much on our side, that that is going to see us through."

"When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It's an extremely powerful weapon."