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“Unjust laws have to be fought ideologically; they cannot be fought or corrected by means of mere disobedience and futile martyrdom”
Ayn Rand
“Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.”
James Joyce
“Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered I have fought my way here to take back what you have stolen.”
Labyrinth
“Servant of God, well done; well hast thou fought The better fight”
John Milton
“Men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of defeat, and when it comes it turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name”
William Morris
“In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; / At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.”
Bible
“You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.”
John Greenleaf Whittier
“Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.”
Herbert Kaufman
“It's pretty hot and humid out here but we all fought through. Our defense made great plays and I feel like I pitched pretty well. I was really trying to make the ball move and force groundouts and pop outs.”
Cat Osterman
“The public relations warriors fought and lost Monte Carlo's Battle of the Magazine Covers.”
John Vinocur