Strength Quotes

Not just muscle and might, but the inner resolve that carries people through impossible situations.

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"The strongest people are those who have learned to forgive"
Emma Goldman
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"The ability to adapt is the greatest strength in changing times"
Emma Goldman
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"Discipline is the foundation upon which all virtues are built."
Simón Bolívar
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"The greatest conquest is the conquest of self."
Simón Bolívar
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"The human spirit cannot be conquered, only temporarily subdued."
Simón Bolívar
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"In every man lies the potential for heroism; circumstances reveal it."
Simón Bolívar
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"Strength comes not from command, but from voluntary cooperation."
Peter Kropotkin
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"The strength of the weak is their numbers; organize them."
Peter Kropotkin
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"The worker's struggle is fundamentally a struggle for human dignity."
Karl Marx
"The stronger nation will always dominate the weaker in the absence of solidarity."
Friedrich Engels
"Strength in numbers is the working class's greatest weapon."
Friedrich Engels
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"The only effective power is the power of collective action."
Michel Bakunin
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"The strength of humanity lies in its collective power."
Michel Bakunin
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"Strength is found in unity and collective determination."
Michel Bakunin
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"The fortress of civil society is often more powerful than the apparatus of state itself."
Antonio Gramsci
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"The strength of a movement lies not in its leaders but in the consciousness and organization of its base."
Antonio Gramsci
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"The human spirit can never be truly imprisoned."
Emma Goldman
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"The more one possesses oneself, the more one possesses the world."
Michel Foucault
"The working class contains within itself the seeds of its own liberation."
Friedrich Engels
"Strength lies in solidarity, not in individual greatness."
Friedrich Engels
"The strength of an idea lies in its capacity to move people to action."
Friedrich Engels
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"A person becomes truly strong only when they cease to seek approval from others."
Jeremy Bentham
"Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded."
John Stuart Mill
"A system of self-help is the best policy to protect the weak."
John Stuart Mill
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"A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it."
Lord Palmerston
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"The British lion rouses itself when its vital interests are threatened."
Lord Palmerston
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"A nation that cannot defend itself does not deserve its freedom."
Lord Palmerston
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"The strength of a nation lies not in its armies, but in the character of its people."
Lord Palmerston
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"A great nation must be willing to defend its principles."
Lord Palmerston
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"The strength of character is more important than the strength of arms."
Lord Palmerston