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“The people should fight for their law as for their city wall.” Heraclitus, “On Nature” - c. 535 – c. 475 BCE

“Given a decent start any girl can beat a man nowadays.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “This Side of Paradise” - 1920

“What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.” Rudyard Kipling, “The Jungle Book” - 1894

“It is not life that's complicated, it's the struggle to guide and control life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “This Side of Paradise” - 1920

“To yield is grievous, but the obstinate soul That fights with Fate, is smitten grievously.” Sophocles, “Antigone” - c. 441 BC

“Man is by instinct a lover, a hunter, a fighter, and none of those instincts are given much play at the warehouse!” Tennessee Williams, “The Glass Menagerie” - 1944

“It is hard to fight against impulsive desire. Whatever it wants it will buy at the cost of the soul.” Heraclitus, “On Nature” - c. 535 – c. 475 BCE

“I had traded the fight against love for the fight against loneliness, the fight against life for the fight against death.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Beautiful and Damned” - 1922

“Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.” William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet” - 1597

“The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.” George Bernard Shaw, “The Philanderer” - 1893

“In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win.” George Bernard Shaw, “Man and Superman” - 1903

“God's will! My liege, would you and I alone, without more help, could fight this royal battle!” William Shakespeare, “Henry V” - 1600

“Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.” William Shakespeare, “Henry VIII” - 1623

“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” - 16 April 1963

“There lives a great man named Joe who was belittled by a loudmouth foe. While his rival would taunt and tease, Joe silently bore the stings. And then fought like a gladiator in the ring.” Muhammad Ali, “The Soul of a Butterfly” - 2004

“Hence in a constitutional government the fighting-men have the supreme power, and those who possess arms are the citizens.” Aristotle, “Politics”

“I am now sending back to Belle Plain all my wagons for a fresh supply of provisions and ammunition, and purpose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.” Ulysses S. Grant, “Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant” - 1885

“What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner ‘I stand for consensus’?” Margaret Thatcher, “The Downing Street Years” - 1993

“It was his first sharp experience with the rule that without money you cannot fight money.” John Steinbeck, “East of Eden” - 1952

“I've learned one thing: you only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true character!” Anne Frank, “The Diary of a Young Girl” - 1947

“The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight. It’s the easiest way out, and the most satisfactory to self-respect—but, nearly invariably, the stupidest.” Isaac Asimov, “Foundation” - 1951

“Lose your temper and you lose the fight, Reenie used to say.” Margaret Atwood, “The Blind Assassin” - 2000

“Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.” Ian Fleming, “Casino Royale” - 1953

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Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1)
The Soul of a Butterfly (1)
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Antigone (1)
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East of Eden (1)
The Diary of a Young Girl (1)
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