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Fighting Quotes by John Steinbeck
- This I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.
- I guess this is why I hate governments, all governments. It is always the rule, the fine print, carried out by fine-print men. There's nothing…
- This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
- Men don't get knocked out, or I mean they can fight back against big things. What kills them is erosion; they get nudged into failure.…
- Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever they’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there. If Casy…
- And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would…
- Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
- But 'Thou mayest!'! Why, that makes a man great, that gives him stature with the gods, for in his weakness and his filth and his…
- ...men in fear and hunger destroy their stomachs in the fight to secure certain food, where men hungering for love destroy everything lovable about them....…
- If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
- The Hebrew word, the word timshel - 'Thou mayest' - that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That…
- Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do…
- I have no choice of living or dying, you see, sir--but I do have a choice of how I do it. If I tell them…
- It occurs to me that just as the Carthaginians hired mercenaries to do their fighting for them, we Americans being in mercenaries to do our…
- Well, I remember this girl. I am not whole without her. I am not alive without her. When she was with me I was more…
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- The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing… — Margaret Atwood
- People do not win people fights. Lawyers do. — Norman Ralph Augustine
- I believe that if you want to fight inequality you have to do it starting at infancy. — Michelle Bachelet
- I think what separates me from the candidates is the fact that I have a proven track record of being a fighter.… — Michele Bachmann
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- I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting. — David Bailey
- To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad. — Abu Bakr
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