"Reconstruction work is not possible while the fighting is going on or while the insurgents have been in charge of the town. But once it's back in government hands, we'll be able to get on with these projects very quickly."

"The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win."

"(Scottish Terriers) have all the compactness of a small dog and all the valor of a big one. And they are so exceedingly sturdy that it is proverbial that the only thing fatal to them is being run over by an automobile - in which case the car itself knows it has been in a fight."

"I will fight for you with every breath in my body - and I will never, ever let you down."

"My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood… Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any surrendered enemy that falls in my hands! With the deaths of my enemies I prepare my being for the sacred fight and join the triumphant proletariat with a bestial howl!"

"The guerrilla fighters should be required to go to bed and get up at fixed hours. Games that have no social function and that hurt the morale of the troops and the consumption of alcoholic drinks should both be prohibited."

"...for the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear."

"To fight for each minute is to fight for what is possible within yourself, so that your life and your death will not be like theirs."

"Lighting new cigarettes, pouring more drinks. It has been a beautiful fight. Still is."

"Find what you love and let it kill you."

"They become angry and ugly and they fight anything that's a threat to them. We have to learn how to fight back without hurting them too much."

"Do you know what I don't understand about that ball game? I don't understand why I wanted to kill you."

"[We believe that unions have always been about much more than the industries in which they operate.] The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, ... It is always about people."

"If you win non-violently, then you have a double victory, you have not only won your fight, but you remain free."

"I'm more insecure than I ever let anyone know; sometimes you protect yourself with this kind of armor that people see more than they see you."

"Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted."

"In one of their quarrels, they had begun calling each other Mister. and Misses., and since then they had never made it up enough to change it."

"A person's got to fight for every single thing they get,' she said slowly. 'And I've noticed a lot of times that the farther down a kid comes in the family the better the kid really is."

"Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter."

"My grandfather killed my father in my mind. I know he died of cancer - but it was because of what my grandfather did to him."

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; 'Tis dearness only that gives everything its value."

"I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is."

"I'm not a person who likes to confront."

"If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."