#fought

New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#europe #example #fought #freedom #ideas

In fact, our monthly trade deficit figure is so huge it equals the entire annual budget of our Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans fought to make us free from foreign tyranny, but the new tyranny is taking a different form. ↗

— Marcy Kaptur

#annual #budget #deficit #department #different

This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know get the exteriors and then go back to L.A. We really fought to get it up here and I think Paramount was really pleased. ↗

— Philip Kaufman

#called #even #film #fought #francisco

The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought. ↗

— John Keegan

#always #battle #better #chinese #classics

If we have an honest discussion on whether the war on poverty should be fought with welfare or with economic growth in the private sector, Democrats will lose black votes. ↗

— Alveda King

#democrats #discussion #economic #economic growth #fought

Obviously, that off-the-ice battle I went through, plus injuries I came back from, I always felt the fans are really knowledgeable there and respected and appreciated guys that gave whatever they had and guys that fought through things. ↗

— Saku Koivu

#appreciated #back #battle #came #fans

I fought fire with oil. ↗

— Dalton Trumbo

#fought #i #oil

War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable. ↗

— Dennis Weaver

#extremely #fought #over #perceive #resources

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#alive #fought #habit #habits #having

The border between the Real and the Unreal is not fixed, but just marks the last place where rival gangs of shamans fought each other to a standstill. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#border #each #fixed #fought #gangs