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Fighting Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein
- An armed man need not fight.
- The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is the foundation of…
- Of all the strange 'crimes' that human beings have legislated out of nothing, 'blasphemy' is the most amazing -- with 'obscenity' and 'indecent exposure' fighting…
- Unarmed hand-to-hand fighting does not change through the ages; only the name changes, and it has only one rule: do it first, do it fast,…
- The second best thing about space travel is that the distances involved make war very difficult, usually impractical, and almost always unnecessary. This is probably…
- An animal so poor in spirit that he won't even fight on his own behalf is already an evolutionary dead end; the best he can…
- Peace is a condition in which no civilian pays any attention to military casualties which do not achieve a page one lead story unless that…
- A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet,…
- Civilians are like beans; you buy 'em as needed for any job which merely requires skill and savvy. But you can't buy fighting spirit.
- Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what you have instead of panicking and being…
- If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.
More Fighting Quotes
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- You go to London, you see a TV set in every cell and the sign up that all the officers must treat… — Joe Arpaio
- That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed… — Timothy Garton Ash
- In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources… — Julian Assange
- 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