Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Mistake Quotes, Fighting Quotes

I cannot speak so confidently about the fighting qualities of the Eastern men, or what are called Yankees - not knowing myself particularly to whom the appellation belongs - but this I do know - if the Southerners think that man for man they are better than our Illinois men, or western men generally, they will discover themselves in a grievous mistake.

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Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.

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Tags : A. J. P. Taylor Quotes , War Quotes , Fighting Quotes

I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility. I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.

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Tags : Al Franken Quotes , Nice Quotes , Fighting Quotes

My trainer don't tell me nothing between rounds. I don't allow him to. I fight the fight. All I want to know is did I win the round. It's too late for advice.

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Tags : Muhammad Ali Quotes , Fighting Quotes , Winning Quotes

We will fight with full force and might of the United States military.

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Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Military Quotes , Fighting Quotes

I belive that people should fight for what they believe and only what they believe.

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Tags : Abraham Lincoln Quotes , Believe Quotes , Fighting Quotes

We fight to keep something alive rather than in the expectation that anything will triumph.

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Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Fighting Quotes , Expectations Quotes

A story went the rounds about a San Franciscan white matron who refused to sit beside a Negro civilian on the streetcar, even after he made room for her on the seat. Her explanation was that she would not sit beside a draft dodger who was a Negro as well. She added that the least he could do was fight for his country the way her son was fighting on Iwo Jima. The story said that the man pulled his body away from the window to show an armless sleeve. He said quietly and with great dignity, "Then ask your son to look around for my arm, which I left over there.

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Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Country Quotes , Fighting Quotes

We fight to keep something alive rather than in the expectation that anything will triumph.

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Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Fighting Quotes , Expectations Quotes

From a philosophical perspective, I want to fight off isolationism and protectionism, be it part of another voice out there that says, wait a minute, what matters to women in Afghanistan matters to America. An isolationist point of view says it doesn't matter. The articulation of "all life matters" helps frame the case that it does matter what happens to a woman in Afghanistan.

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Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Philosophical Quotes , Fighting Quotes

I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand.

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Tags : William Blake Quotes , Sleep Quotes , Fighting Quotes

We don't fight about music. We don't fight about artistic direction. The things like that we could fight about, we really don't. We are pretty lucky for that.

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Tags : Alan Cooper Quotes , Fighting Quotes , Lucky Quotes

Do not press an enemy at bay. Prince Fu Ch'ai said: "Wild beasts, when at bay, fight desperately. How much more is this true of men! If they know there is no alternative, they will fight to the death.

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Tags : Sun Tzu Quotes , Fighting Quotes , Men Quotes

You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.

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Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Love Quotes , Fighting Quotes

It is always far easier to have faith in your own goodness than to confront others ad fight for your rights.

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Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Fighting Quotes , Rights Quotes

If you want to have a life that is worth living, a life that expresses your deepest feelings and emotions, and cares and dreams, you have to fight for it.

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Tags : Alice Walker Quotes , Dream Quotes , Fighting Quotes

All of us here today understand this: We do not fight Islam, we fight against evil.

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Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Inspiration Quotes , Fighting Quotes

One who has given up any hope of winning a fight or has clearly lost it wants his style in fighting to be admired all the more.

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Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Hope Quotes , Fighting Quotes

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for.

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Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Fighting Quotes , Waiting Quotes

In Iraq we are fighting against men with blind hatred and armed with lethal weapons who are capable of any atrocity. They wear no uniform; they respect no laws of warfare or morality. They take innocent lives to create chaos for the cameras.

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Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Fighting Quotes , Men Quotes