#fought

I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name. ↗

— William Morris

#another #battle #comes #defeat #fight

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#futile #generally #problems #prove #resolve

Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought. ↗

— Margaret Chase Smith

#earned #expected #fought #honor #only

In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#art #battles #cares #comes #down

I am strongly pro-life, and have fought to protect the rights of the unborn my entire career. I will continue to fight for this cause because I value the sanctity of all human life. ↗

— Rob Bishop

#because #career #cause #continue #entire

Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought. ↗

— William L. Jenkins

#battles #conviction #courage #disease #documented

When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#because #come #find #fought #function

Today, as we look back on the history of our nation and take note of how far we have come as a people, we are reminded that we owe a great debt to those who fought valiantly for the freedoms that we easily take for granted. ↗

— Sam Brownback

#come #debt #easily #far #fought

I grew up in a strongly socialist family. While I was at school, I worked in party politics and with organizations like the Anti-Nazi League. Everywhere I saw it, I fought prejudice. ↗

— Saffron Burrows

#family #fought #grew #i #league

I'd always fought against presenting radio really, because my father was a radio DJ in Australia. He's just recently retired. And I kind of didn't want to follow in his footsteps. But I suppose, as we all find as we become older, to some extent we do all become our parents. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#always #australia #because #become #dj