christian living on Coercion

“Oh! that gentleness! how far more potent is it than force!”

I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only o...

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.

The Athenian general and politician Themistocles eventually alienated a large number of Greek City-States that came under their rule in the late 6th and early 5th centuries B.C. With his fleet of ship...