"Force and not opinion is the queen..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal

“I have spent much time in the study of the abstract sciences; but the paucity of persons with whom you can communicate on such subjects disgusted me with them. When I began to study man, I saw that these abstract sciences are not suited to him, and that in diving into them, I wandered farther from my real object than those who knew them not, and I forgave them for not having attended to these things. I expected then, however, that I should find some companions in the study of man, since it was so specifically a duty. I was in error. There are fewer students of man than of geometry.”

“Admiration spoils all from infancy.”

“When some passion or effect is described in a natural style, we find within ourselves the truth of what we hear, without knowing it was there.”

“The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-bye to the Bill of Rights.”

“Never mistake the power of influence”

“The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown.”

“Few there were who could change his courses by counsel. None by force.”

“Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.”

“Do not attempt to conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance.”