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Compelled Quotes

Religious doctrines … are all illusions, they do not admit of proof, and no one can be compelled to consider them as true or to believe in them Picture Quote #1

Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it Picture Quote #1

Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right [straight] line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it Picture Quote #1

We must be compelled to hold this doctrine to be false, and the old and new law called the Old and new Testament, to be impositions, fables and forgeries Picture Quote #1

A mind is accustomed to mathematical deduction, when confronted with the faulty foundations of astrology, resists a long, long time, like an obstinate mule, until compelled by beating and curses to put its foot into that dirty puddle Picture Quote #1

And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to an outside will? When we are told to deny our senses and subject them to the will of others? Picture Quote #1

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We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect Picture Quote #1

A man's mind will very generally refuse to make itself up until it be driven and compelled by emergency Picture Quote #1

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion Picture Quote #1

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less Picture Quote #1

I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for Picture Quote #1

I mused upon the ironic fate which had compelled a mathematical genius to make his sole confidant of a philistine lawyer, and induced that lawyer to repeat it confusedly to an ignoramus at twilight on a Scotch hill Picture Quote #1

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If we must accept fate, we are not less compelled to affirm liberty, the significance of the individual, the grandeur of duty, the power of character Picture Quote #1

Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior Picture Quote #1

If any opinion is compelled to silence, that opinion may, for aught we can certainly know, be true. To deny this is to assume our own infallibility Picture Quote #1

We are not compelled to believe in biological uniformity in order to affirm human freedom and dignity Picture Quote #1

If men don't have to be aggressive in order to be accepted, women won't feel compelled to be submissive. If men don't have to control, women won't have to be controlled Picture Quote #1

Poverty is uncomfortable, as I can testify; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim for himself Picture Quote #1

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A man who is without capital, and who, by prohibitions upon banking, is practically forbidden to hire any, is in a condition elevated but one degree above that of a chattel slave. He may live; but he can live only as the servant of others; compelled to perform such labor, and to perform it at such prices, as they may see fit to dictate Picture Quote #1

At first I wasn’t sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it Picture Quote #1

We don’t have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us. But we’re presumably acting in such a way that people feel morally compelled to continue our mission, not to screw it up Picture Quote #1

Blanche is written with a terrible authority, the authority that comes from artistic necessity when the writer is compelled to write by his demon, rather than by his agent or promoter Picture Quote #1

It is true I gained muscular vigour, but with it a prodigious appetite, which I was compelled to indulge, and consequently increased in weight, until my kind old friend advised me to forsake the exercise Picture Quote #1

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them Picture Quote #1

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If you feel driven and compelled to make your work and to be fiercely original and have something unique to say, in a compelling way, then chances are the helpers will be there for you the doors will open some, the ice will crack Picture Quote #1

That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no man with say sense of justice would suggest Picture Quote #1

If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it Picture Quote #1

There will be certain things in a man that have to be won, not forced; inspired, not compelled Picture Quote #1

A minority is always compelled to think. That is the blessing of being in the minority Picture Quote #1

To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in which men, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families, and ought, with a great part of the women, to be compelled to lead a life of celibacy, for fear of having children to be starved; to suppose such a thing possible is monstrous Picture Quote #1

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Religious doctrines … are all illusions, they do not admit of proof, and no one can be compelled to consider them as true or to believe in them (Compelled Quotes) Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it (Compelled Quotes) Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right [straight] line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it (Compelled Quotes) We must be compelled to hold this doctrine to be false, and the old and new law called the Old and new Testament, to be impositions, fables and forgeries (Compelled Quotes) A mind is accustomed to mathematical deduction, when confronted with the faulty foundations of astrology, resists a long, long time, like an obstinate mule, until compelled by beating and curses to put its foot into that dirty puddle (Compelled Quotes) And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to an outside will? When we are told to deny our senses and subject them to the will of others? (Compelled Quotes) We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect (Compelled Quotes) A man's mind will very generally refuse to make itself up until it be driven and compelled by emergency (Compelled Quotes) We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion (Compelled Quotes) To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less (Compelled Quotes) I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for (Compelled Quotes) I mused upon the ironic fate which had compelled a mathematical genius to make his sole confidant of a philistine lawyer, and induced that lawyer to repeat it confusedly to an ignoramus at twilight on a Scotch hill (Compelled Quotes) If we must accept fate, we are not less compelled to affirm liberty, the significance of the individual, the grandeur of duty, the power of character (Compelled Quotes) Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior (Compelled Quotes) If any opinion is compelled to silence, that opinion may, for aught we can certainly know, be true. To deny this is to assume our own infallibility (Compelled Quotes) We are not compelled to believe in biological uniformity in order to affirm human freedom and dignity (Compelled Quotes) If men don't have to be aggressive in order to be accepted, women won't feel compelled to be submissive. If men don't have to control, women won't have to be controlled (Compelled Quotes) Poverty is uncomfortable, as I can testify; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim for himself (Compelled Quotes) A man who is without capital, and who, by prohibitions upon banking, is practically forbidden to hire any, is in a condition elevated but one degree above that of a chattel slave. He may live; but he can live only as the servant of others; compelled to perform such labor, and to perform it at such prices, as they may see fit to dictate (Compelled Quotes) At first I wasn’t sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it (Compelled Quotes) We don’t have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us. But we’re presumably acting in such a way that people feel morally compelled to continue our mission, not to screw it up (Compelled Quotes) Blanche is written with a terrible authority, the authority that comes from artistic necessity when the writer is compelled to write by his demon, rather than by his agent or promoter (Compelled Quotes) It is true I gained muscular vigour, but with it a prodigious appetite, which I was compelled to indulge, and consequently increased in weight, until my kind old friend advised me to forsake the exercise (Compelled Quotes) I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them (Compelled Quotes) If you feel driven and compelled to make your work and to be fiercely original and have something unique to say, in a compelling way, then chances are the helpers will be there for you the doors will open some, the ice will crack (Compelled Quotes) That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no man with say sense of justice would suggest (Compelled Quotes) If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it (Compelled Quotes) There will be certain things in a man that have to be won, not forced; inspired, not compelled (Compelled Quotes) A minority is always compelled to think. That is the blessing of being in the minority (Compelled Quotes) To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in which men, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families, and ought, with a great part of the women, to be compelled to lead a life of celibacy, for fear of having children to be starved; to suppose such a thing possible is monstrous (Compelled Quotes)

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