“An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion soon degenerates. For force always attract men of low morality.”
“Force always attracts men of low morality.”
“Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow.”
“Men are moral beings in their untrammelled nature. If constraint and coercion can once be removed they will be happy and if they are happy they will also be good...”
“The use of force is always an answer to problems...[It] isn't an attractive answer, though.”
“Moral power is always more dangerous to an oppressor than political force.”