Quotes by Coercion Coercion cannot but result in chaos in the end. Mahatma Gandhi chaosendscoercion A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion. Marcus Tullius Cicero coercionwisedoe Since satyagraha is a method of conversion and conviction, it seeks never to use the slightest coercion. Mahatma Gandhi convictioncoercionuse One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman. Mahatma Gandhi libertycoercionuse The prophets preach . . . that pleasure, not will-power and coercion, is how you most deeply transform people. Matthew Fox coercioninspirationalpeople I don't think performance out of duty yields very much. Coercion is never the way to go. Michael Hersch yieldcoercionthinking There is no trick of a magician or spell of a witch doctor, no drug or mesmerism or bribery or torture or coercion that can compare in power with the force for change unleashed in the human breast through the touch of love. Mike Mason doctorsdrugcoercion A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion. Milton Friedman libertyprinciplescoercion Governmental subsidy systems promote inefficiency in production and efficiency in coercion and subservience, while penalizing efficiency in production and inefficiency in predation. Murray Rothbard subsidiesgovernmentcoercion Briefly, the State is that organization in society which attempts to maintain a monopoly of the use of force and violence in a given territorial area; in particular, it is the only organization in society that obtains its revenue not by voluntary contribution or payment for services rendered but by coercion. Murray Rothbard organizationcoercionuse Unlike every other person and institution in society, government obtains its revenue from coercion, from taxation. Murray Rothbard taxationgovernmentcoercion Only the State legally obtains its revenue by coercion. Murray Rothbard revenuestatescoercion All empires have depended on local legitimacy and local collaboration; they are not based primarily on coercion. An imperial rule that relies wholly on coercion can't endure. It's too expensive. Niall Ferguson empirescollaborationcoercion Those are possibilities for technology, which don't tend to be used, because of the way power is concentrated. There are all kinds of possibilities, including for coercion. In China, technology is used to control and coerce. Here too, to an extent, but not to that extent. Noam Chomsky technologycoercionway Creativity doesn't flourish in an atmosphere of despotism, coercion and fear. P. D. James atmospherecreativitycoercion Technologies can be liberating, but it can also be a tool of coercion and control. Noam Chomsky technologytoolscoercion Coercion or compulsion never brings about growth. It is freedom that accelerates evolution. Paramahansa Yogananda growthevolutioncoercion Coercion by government, the main fear of our founding fathers, is now its most common attribute. Philip K. Howard governmentcoercionfather [Jesus] invoked a different kind of power: love, not coercion. Philip Yancey differentcoercionjesus What is play and delightful one kind of child is coercion and torture for another, and will not take no matter how much coercion is applied. Rebecca Goldstein coercionplaychildren«1234»
![[Jesus] invoked a different kind of power: love, not coercion. by Philip Yancey](https://whatsmyquote.com/images/quote-medium-quote-c26ff768405fb86990ec0e30def0596b.jpg)
