Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit. Ansel Adams
Not to return to the old ... can be the task of our time, but to clothe the spirit of Christianity, its religious-ethical principle, which lay as a compelling force at the basis of all preceding developments, in the fitting and intelligible form for our age. Otto Pfleiderer
A law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey. Chaim Weizmann