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Abraham Lincoln Political Leader
Fighting

"There was the strangest combination of church influence against me. Baker is a Campbellite; and therefore, as I suppose with few exceptions, got all of that Church. My wife had some relations in the Presbyterian churches, and some in the Episcopal churches; and therefore, wherever it would tell, I was set down as either one or the other, while it was everywhere contended that no Christian ought to vote for me because I belonged to no Church, and was suspected of being a Deist and had talked of fighting a duel."

Christian Fighting Wife
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Abraham Lincoln Political Leader
Fighting

"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."

Men Fighting Mistake
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Abraham Lincoln Political Leader
Fighting

"You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight you, then exclusively to save the Union."

War Fighting Unions
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Fighting

"I am Tarzan of the Apes. I want you. I am yours. You are mine. We live here together always in my house. I will bring you the best of fruits, the tenderest deer, the finest meats that roam the jungle. I will hunt for you. I am the greatest of the jungle fighters. I will fight for you. I am the mightiest of the jungle fighters. You are Jane Porter, I saw it in your letter. When you see this you will know that it is for you and that Tarzan of the Apes loves you."

Fighting House Love You
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Eleanor Roosevelt Political Activist, Diplomat
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"When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars."

People War Fighting
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Eli Roth Filmmaker
Fighting

"Imagine trying to relive your worst break-up, your worst fight, the most painful death of a loved one, and just really relive it step by step, and bring it up and apply it to the scene you're in."

Fighting Painful Death Death Of A Loved One
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Elie Wiesel Writer, Holocaust Survivor
Fighting

"More people are aware of the consequences of hatred. People are aware. Therefore more people are engaged in fighting ... racism and so forth."

People Fighting Racism
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Elie Wiesel Writer, Holocaust Survivor
Fighting

"If anyone had told us in 1945 that there are certain battles we'll have to fight again we wouldn't have believed it. Racism, anti-Semitism, starvation of children and, who would have believed that? At least I was convinced then, naively, that at least something happened in history that, because of myself, certain things cannot happen again."

Children Fighting Racism
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Elizabeth Gilbert Author, Memoirist
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"What if we just acknowledged that we have a bad relationship, and we stuck it out, anyway? What if we admitted that we make each other nuts, we fight constantly and hardly ever have sex, but we can't live without each other, so we deal with it? And then we could spend our lives together - in misery, but happy to not be apart."

Fighting Sex Bad Relationship
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Elizabeth Warren Politician, Lawyer
Fighting

"There are those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Young men have died in police custody, and the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color...We must fight back."

Believe Children Fighting
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Elizabeth Warren Politician, Lawyer
Fighting

"Evidently there is no need for delay, no need for further study, if the government takes a loss and Wall Street makes a profit, but it is absolutely necessary to delay if homeowners might have a chance to cut their mortgages and stay in their homes. This is wrong, and it is time to fight back!"

Home Fighting Wall
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Ellen Malcolm Businesswoman
Fighting

"EMILY's List members are deeply committed to electing pro-choice Democratic women whom we trust to stand up for our rights, treat us honestly, and make us proud. Our candidates fight for us every day. Blanche Lincoln failed to hold up her end of the bargain."

Fighting Choices Rights
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Emily Lloyd Artist
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"I am fighting this. I want to get better, I want to work again. I do believe we are architects of our destinies, but with me somewhere along the line something came loose."

Believe Fighting Destiny
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Ernest Hemingway Novelist
Fighting

"We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution were most important, into that more difficult time when it is a man's duty to understand his world rather than simply fight for it."

Fighting Time Courage
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Ernest Hemingway Novelist
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"I have watched them all day and they are the same men that we are. I believe that I could walk up to the mill and knock on the door and I would be welcome except that they have orders to challenge all travelers and ask to see their papers. It is only orders that come between us. Those men are not fascists. I call them so, but they are not. They are poor men as we are. They should never be fighting against us and I do not like to think of the killing."

Men Believe Fighting
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