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Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
the Week of Proper 7 / Ordinary 12
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Quotations regarding 'Fighting'

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I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon the homes of the people of England and Wales, you can only find it by reducing the great military establishments, and diminishing the money paid to fighting men in time of peace.
Richard Cobden, British Businessman (1804-1865)
All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on.
Gerry Cooney, American Athlete (1956-  )
If you look at my career, towards the end you will see I was fighting like once a year. I was not part of the Don King top heavyweights, so I was kind of kept out. His guys were getting three to four fights a year and I could only get one.
Gerry Cooney, American Athlete (1956-  )
You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.
James J. Corbett, American Athlete (1866-1933)
I feel like I'm always fighting not to repeat myself.
Billy Corgan, American Musician (1967-  )
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.
Pierre de Coubertin, French Leader (1863-1937)
If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel... if you let him kill you, then you are an idiot.
Martin van Creveld, Israeli Historian (1946-  )
Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales.
Aleister Crowley, English Critic (1875-1947)
Napoleon had been fighting this army of slaves and free people in Haiti and it depleted his forces. And after the Revolution, when the French were driven out, they stopped and sold this big chunk of North America to the Americans for very little money.
Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author (1969-  )
Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
Clarence Darrow, American Lawyer (1857-1938)
Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
Larry David, American Actor (1947-  )
We're not going to take this sitting down. We are fighting back.
Gray Davis, American Politician (1942-  )
We are the nation the most powerful, the most armed and we are supplying arms and money to the rest of the world where we are not ourselves fighting. We are eating while there is famine in the world.
Dorothy Day, American Activist (1897-1980)
Because we're sponsored by competing breweries there is always competition. When we were both fighting for ninth or 10th place, nobody really cared except the two companies.
Larry Dixon, -
But since we've been fighting for first or second place, it's grabbed the media's attention. I enjoy racing them. They are a good team and when you beat them it's something to be proud of.
Larry Dixon, -
This year's Veterans Day celebration is especially significant as our country remains committed to fighting the War on Terror and as brave men and women are heroically defending our homeland.
John Doolittle, American Politician (1950-  )
Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist (1821-1881)
We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny.
James H. Douglas, American Politician (1952-  )
I love what I'm doing. It's my life. When it's time to go, I'll probably be fighting to get out of the casket. I'll be yelling at the priest instead of a referee.
Lou Duva, American Coach (1922-  )
And it is essential that in fighting terrorism, sacrifices should not be made on democracy.
Bulent Ecevit, Politician (1925-  )
 
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