Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of read more

Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the humblest imaginable

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the humblest imaginable

There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by read more

There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.

Beneath the ivory
towers of Harvard
are the catacombs
in which a hundred
thousand mice are caged.

Beneath the ivory
towers of Harvard
are the catacombs
in which a hundred
thousand mice are caged.

Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force.

Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force.

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

When force is necessary, it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; read more

When force is necessary, it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, the blow with an agreement.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small read more

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.