Hector Ortega

“If society rejects influence, only power remains. If we want our fellow citizens to care about the homeless, the elderly, teen pregnancy, the disadvantaged, drug abuse, abortion, the environment, education, crime, debt, families, or whatever, raw political force to compel compliance is our only tool. Only the power of the state is left to enforce our own agenda without regard for those who disagree or who may be harmed. When even this fails to yield satisfactory results, coercion’s close cousin, violence, is there to get things done.”
― Andrew T. Le Peau, Write Better: A Lifelong Editor on Craft, Art, and Spirituality