Fought Quotes

1062 Fought quotes by 823 unique authors

I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much… — Ulysses S. Grant
The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought. — Henry Waxman
How, then, can the feds justify favoring sons of Hispanics over sons of white Americans who fought in World War II or Vietnam? — Pat Buchanan
When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you've ever fought before. — Brad Meltzer
What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner 'I stand for consensus'? — Margaret Thatcher
I have fought too hard and for too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual… — John Lewis
In almost every case (where the United States has fought wars) our overwhelming commitment to freedom, democracy and human rights has required us to support… — Gore Vidal
No two countries that both had McDonald's had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald's — Thomas Friedman
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the… — Pierre de Coubertin
The Second World War is the largest single event in human history, fought across six of the world's seven continents and all it oceans. It… — John Keegan
A crucial contribution to the ideological argument ...it provides a vital part of the intellectual manifesto on which the battle for a better society can… — Roy Hattersley
The old people, they struggled, they fought the elements, they fought everything was against them here. The river, the summers and the heat. So finally… — Calvin Johnson
Men have been adjudicating on what women are, and how they should behave, for millennia through the institutions of social control such as religion, the… — Sheila Jeffreys
No two wars are ever the same. Some are just, some are unjust, but the basic commonality shared between them all is that young men… — Bob Riley
Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time, for a particular purpose or goal. They fought… — David Hackett Fischer
You believe that flag burning shows disrespect towards those who have fought to preserve our freedoms. Punishing protestors shows an even more profound disrespect for… — Mary Ruwart
Knowing has two poles, and they are always poles apart: carnal knowing, the laying on of hands, the hanging of the fact by head or… — William H. Gass
Then as now, whatever disagreements over policies existed among Americans - and there were many such bitter policy disputes - the purposes and goals for… — Allen Weinstein
Sometimes it seemed to me I could not look at those silent little figures; that I must go north, to the grim coal fields, to… — Mother Jones
Your ancestors fought for you to have a share in that institution over there. It's yours. See the school board, and every Friday night hold… — Mother Jones
Modern wars are seldom fought without hatred between nations; this serves more or less as a substitute for hatred between individuals. — Carl von Clausewitz
The United States military is now evolving geometrically as it gains experience from near-constant fighting and grafts new technology daily. Indeed, it seems to be… — Victor Davis Hanson
I've overcome physical and mental brutality - and fought back. — Tatum O'Neal
Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions. — A J P Taylor
If inflation is the genie, then deflation is the ogre that must be fought decisively, — Christine Lagarde

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