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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.
Denis Diderot
Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.
Blaise Pascal
Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
Immanuel Kant
Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.
Eldridge Cleaver
Say to all small and great, and that often, that fully, quickly and willingly, without grumbling and contradiction, they do all your commands that are not against God.
Robert Grosseteste
Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.
Jean Baudrillard
Talent is a faculty that is highly developed, but genius commands all the faculties.
Francis Herbert Hedge
The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.
Albrecht Durer
The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love; only for their fear.
Heinrich Himmler
The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.
Adam Clarke
The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
William Dean Howells
The czar was always sending us commands - you shall not do this and you shall not do that - till there was very little left that we might do, except pay tribute and die.
Mary Antin
The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
Honore de Balzac
The fundamental problem with vi is that it doesn't have a mouse and therefore you've got all these commands.
Bill Joy
The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.
Paul Ricoeur
The most frequent complaint is that it's hard. True. it's a hard game to win Also, many people ask me how to use the secret debugging commands, apparently under the impression that I'll tell them.
Graham Nelson
The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.
Georgia Harkness
There is also a perfection of degrees, by which a person performs all the commands of God, with the full exertion of all his powers, without the least defect. This is what the law of God requires, but what the saints cannot attain to in this life.
Charles Buck
Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God.
George Whitefield
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