Clarence Darrow Quotes

The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.

The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been.

The use of force to liberate people is very different from the use of force to suppress or control them, or even to defeat them.

Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.

Anyone who goes against my decisions, I liquidate him

The one means that wins the easiest victory over reason is terror and force.

Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.

The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.

A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets.

What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

When it comes to tyrants, dictators and terrorists, strength and the threat of force is the only language they understand.

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.

I am told that the majority of Iraqis wanted Saddam removed from power, but they were unwilling and were incapable of doing the job themselves because they feared Saddam and knew the pain and torture he was capable of inflicting upon them.

History’s most important lesson is that it has not been possible to make coercion compatible with the truth.

War is a terribly destructive force, even beyond the limits of the battlefronts and the war zones. It's influence involves the whole community. It warps men's judgement, distorts the true standard of patriotism, breeds distrust and suspicion among neighbors, inflames passions, encourages violence, develops abuse of power, tyrannizes over men and women even in the purely social relations of life, and terrifies whole communities into the most abject surrender of every right which is the heritage of free government.

Between the people and their enemies there can be nothing in common but the sword; we must govern by iron those who cannot be governed by justice; we must oppress the tyrant...

One need only watch totalitarians at work to see that once men gain power over other men’s minds, that power is never used sparingly and wisely, but lavishly and brutally and with unspeakable results.

Force works on servile natures, not the free.

Fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.

Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend against other force.

Violence can always destroy power; out of the barrel of a gun grows the most effective command, resulting in the most instant and perfect obedience. What never can grow out of it is power.

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness.