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"When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph."

"Whoever won't fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there."

"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog."

"Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory."

"Why should I tell you where I am going to get funds from? If I were to do that then all the vested interests would get alerted. You must be aware that railways are full of such elements and my fight is against them."

"For myself, I believed that that 13th of March should see a fight to the finish, cost what it might! for if Bloemfontein was to be taken, it would only be over our dead bodies."

"It's one thing to fight for what you believe in, another thing to fight for what others believe in."
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"Found everybody in a terrible state of excitement on account of the enemy's advance upon this place."

"Shortly after this, I placed my command on our extreme left, to watch and fight the enemy should he make another attack, and went to Cemetary Hill for observation."

"We entered Gettysburg in the afternoon, just in time to meet the enemy entering the town, and in good season to drive him back before his getting a foothold."

"If the regulars are to be put together, I believe they would prefer me to the other Cavalry Commanders."

"During the whole campaign, from June 27 to July 31, there has been no shirking or hesitation, to tiring on the part of a single man so far as I have seen; the brigade commanders reported none."

"There was splendid fighting on the part of the division on the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th. There was no faltering or hesitation. Each man went to work determined to carry anything in reason."

"The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme."
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