They Fought Quotes

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But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye. — Thomas Dunn English
At the core, the American citizen soldiers knew the difference between right and wrong, and they didn't want to live in a world in which… — Stephen Ambrose
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
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
In the year of our Lord 1314. Patriots of Scotland, starving and outnumbered, charged the fields of Bannockburn. They fought like warrior poets. They fought… — William Wallace
For themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have they have right to hold. — Thomas Jefferson
Workers organized and fought for worker rights and food safety, Social Security and Medicare - they fought to change government. And they won. — Sherrod Brown
They fought on with a devotion which would puzzle the generation of the 1980s. More surprising, in many instances it would have baffled the men… — William Manchester
The great creators - the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors - stood alone against the men of their time. Every great new thought… — Ayn Rand
Of course they fought as lovers must do to find a liveable space. — Leston Havens
THEY FOUGHT TOGETHER AS BROTHERS-IN-ARMS. THEY DIED TOGETHER AND NOW THEY SLEEP SIDE BY SIDE. TO THEM WE HAVE A SOLEMN OBLIGATION. — Chester W. Nimitz
The Chinese leadership hoped that the world would soon forget the Tiananmen Square massacre. Our job in Congress is to ensure that we never forget… — Tom Lantos
Rockefeller and his associates did not build the Standard Oil Co. in the board rooms of Wall Street banks. They fought their way to control… — Ida Tarbell
They fought their first action in March of 1775. Embarked on eight small ships, they sailed to the Bahamas and captured a British fort near… — Tom Clancy
My father owned pit bulls when I was young. He sometimes fought them. My brother and a lot of the men in my community owned… — Jesmyn Ward
The big guys choose who they want to fight and they think about history: 'how many times I defended my title.' They try to break… — Evander Holyfield
When the Republicans controlled the House from 1994 -2006, Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Henry Waxman Charlie Rangel, John Conyers and Rahm Emanuel weren't… — Ed Rollins
People get on a show and they fought tooth and nail. Almost 95% of the actors out there want to be on a television series.… — Victoria Pratt
Iâ€™m the least fanciful guy around, but on nights when I wonder whether there was any point to my day, I think about this: the… — Tana French
I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of… — William Morris

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