Moby Quotes

You can't do anything if a person says no. In such a case, there's nothing you can do - unlike the popular cliche that pressure is exerted, or that maybe an unwilling source is done away with.

You can't try to keep someone against their will, or it's difficult to get them to listen or have the right mentality.

Look. I brought you here to give you a choice-" "You didn't bring us here," said Nick. "You're here," said Bod. "I wanted you here. I came here. You followed me. Same thing.

He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same thing as if he slew him.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's somebody doing something because I pushed them in that direction.

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.

Not by the forces of civil war can you govern the very weakest woman. You can kill that woman, but she escapes you then; you cannot govern her. No power on earth can govern a human being, however feeble, who withholds his or her consent.

I don't really want to control anyone, to be honest.

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.

You just don't want to push people into doing things that they really don't want to do. I don't think it's going to produce much.

I'd rather control someone than be controlled.

Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.

The difference between rape and seduction is salesmanship.

You cannot control a free society by force.

The essence of squatter or popular sovereignty—I don't care how you call it—is that if one man chooses to make a slave of another, no third man shall be allowed to object.

A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to advocate or delegate its initiation. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim.

I like to be controlled, but that doesn't mean controlled like a dog.

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

People think that when they come up to me, screaming things into my ear, that I will respond according to what they want. I'll turn around and smile and take the photo. But I'm not somebody's marionette.

I don't think anyone likes to be pushed around.

No man shall rule over me with my consent. I will rule over no man.

If you are not free to say no, your yes is meaningless.

Force works on servile natures, not the free.

No one should be subjected to force over things which belonged to him.

She obeys me, but only because she wants to. It's the only justification for obedience, Ged observed.