Joseph McCarthy
Politician
"Today we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity."
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Plato
Philosopher
"Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."
Ernest Hemingway
Novelist
"Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors."
Plato
Philosopher
"Be kind. Every person you meet is fighting a difficult battle."
Kofi Annan
Diplomat, Politician
"We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care."
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"Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution withers away, becomes a caricature of itself, and bureaucracy rises as the only deciding factor."
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"All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else."
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"There are more battles won through prayer than by any other means."
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"The color of your skin is your uniform in this ultimate battle for the survival of the West."
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"I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided."
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"Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person."
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"Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead."
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"I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man."
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"All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones."
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"The heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory."
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"You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics."
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"If a battle can not be won do not fight it."
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"In the midst of your battles, never forget that God loves you and He has a plan for you."
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"In battling against untouchability, and in dedicating myself to that battle, I have no less an ambition than to see a full regeneration of humanity."
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"To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to achieve."
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"The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the horror of war."
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"Everyone needs to be proactive and know the various warning signs of cancer. Early detection and research to make detection easier at earlier stages, along with the treatments needs, is still a must. I salute all those winning the battle."
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"It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo."
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"Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre."
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"The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more."
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