Compulsion

Famous quotes containing the word compulsion:

“There’s an enduring American compulsion to be on the side of the angels. Expediency alone has never been an adequate American reason for doing anything. When actions are judged, they go before the bar of God, where Mom and the Flag closely flank His presence.”
—Jonathan Raban (b. 1942)

“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)