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"Blair... is accusing us of executing British soldiers. We want to tell him that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured."

"Blair... is accusing us of executing British soldiers. We want to tell him that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured."

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Public Servant

Battle, Cowards, Rest, Soldiers

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"Our main battle has always been against Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers."

"Our main battle has always been against Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers."

Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian Activist

Battle, Soldiers

35

"No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy."

"No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy."

Henry A. Kissinger, American Statesman

Battle, Enemy, Sexes, Will

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"We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity."

"We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity."

Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese Statesman

Battle, Effect, Humanity, Will

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"The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places. One can describe them as a boa: when it feels threatened, it runs to somewhere else."

"The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places. One can describe them as a boa: when it feels threatened, it runs to somewhere else."

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Public Servant

Battle, Fact, Now, Will

30

"Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail."

"Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail."

Owen Arthur, Barbadian Statesman

Battle, Cause, Conviction, Service

30

"The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. Their blood flows from similar wounds. But the first one gasps and the other one gives."

"The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. Their blood flows from similar wounds. But the first one gasps and the other one gives."

Georges Bataille, French Writer

Battle, Blood, First, Wounds

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"We've always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways... It's lasted now about 14 years, and we're very pleased to have survived it."

"We've always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways... It's lasted now about 14 years, and we're very pleased to have survived it."

Richard Branson, British Businessman

Battle, Now, Pretty, Years

22

"A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost."

"A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost."

Ferdinand Foch, French Soldier

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"Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order."

"Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order."

Maurice Denis, French Artist

Battle, Order, Painting

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"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

Philo, Egyptian Philosopher

Battle, Fighting

19

"There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs."

"There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

Battle, Blood, Glory, Worth

16

"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."

"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."

e. e. cummings, American Poet

Battle, Being, Day, Fight

11

"But I deal with this meditating and by understanding I've been put on the planet to serve humanity. I have to remind myself to live simply and not to overindulge, which is a constant battle in a material world."

"But I deal with this meditating and by understanding I've been put on the planet to serve humanity. I have to remind myself to live simply and not to overindulge, which is a constant battle in a material world."

Sandra Cisneros, American Author

Battle, Humanity, Understanding, World

10

"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."

"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

Battle, Planning

9

"We must all raise war against ignorance."

"We must all raise war against ignorance."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Battle, Ignorance, War, Fight, Awareness

9

"Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it."

"Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it."

Ryan White, American Celebrity

Battle, Discrimination

9

"As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the six brigades by heavy skirmish lines, to be followed by stronger supporting lines."

"As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the six brigades by heavy skirmish lines, to be followed by stronger supporting lines."

James Longstreet, American Soldier

9

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it."

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it."

Margaret Thatcher, English Leader

Battle, Fight, May

8

"Battle is an orgy of disorder."

"Battle is an orgy of disorder."

George S. Patton, American Soldier

Battle, Disorder

8

"Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue."

"Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Battle, Tongue, Yield

8

"There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing."

"There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing."

Wynton Marsalis, American Musician

Battle, Jazz, Tradition, Want

8

"So long as large armies go to battle, so long will the air arm remain their spearhead."

"So long as large armies go to battle, so long will the air arm remain their spearhead."

Cyril Falls, English Historian

7

"Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country."

"Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country."

Marquis de Lafayette, French Revolutionary

Battle, Country, Humanity, Liberty

7

"As the knight of the quill never ventured into the fight, and only snuffed the battle afar, he knew nothing accurately of battles, but managed to pick up a few real or supposed incidents from the wounded and from stragglers."

"As the knight of the quill never ventured into the fight, and only snuffed the battle afar, he knew nothing accurately of battles, but managed to pick up a few real or supposed incidents from the wounded and from stragglers."

Daniel H. Hill, American Soldier

Battle, Fight, Knight, Nothing

7

"It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong - but that is the way to bet."

"It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong - but that is the way to bet."

Cybill Shepherd, American Actress

Battle, May, Race, Cybill Sheperd

7

"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy."

"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy."

Colin Powell, American Statesman

7

"Percy: You just hit the lord of the titans with a blue plastic hairbrush."

"Percy: You just hit the lord of the titans with a blue plastic hairbrush."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Battle, Humor, Truth, Power, Happiness

7

"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."

"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, English Historian

Battle, Fight, Man, Violence

6

"If the Constitution is worth anything, if the Declaration of Independence is worth anything, if the boys who died on the field of battle did not die in vain, fair employment practices are correct and necessary."

"If the Constitution is worth anything, if the Declaration of Independence is worth anything, if the boys who died on the field of battle did not die in vain, fair employment practices are correct and necessary."

Dennis Chavez, American Politician

Battle, Boys, Constitution, Independence

6

"General Pickett, finding the battle broken while the enemy was still reinforcing, called the troops off."

"General Pickett, finding the battle broken while the enemy was still reinforcing, called the troops off."

James Longstreet, American Soldier

Battle, Enemy, Troops

6

"Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained."

"Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained."

Duke of Wellington, British Royalty

6

"I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat."

"I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat."

Jonathan Dimbleby, British Writer

6

"Since woman's rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her own battle."

"Since woman's rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her own battle."

Anthony Trollope, English Author

Battle, Fight, Rights, Woman

6

"Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance."

"Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Battle, First, Mind, Will

6

"No plan of battle ever survives contact with the enemy."

"No plan of battle ever survives contact with the enemy."

Helmuth von Moltke, German General

6

"Freedom is a lonely battle, but if the United States doesn't lead it - sometimes imperfectly, but mostly with honor - who will?"

"Freedom is a lonely battle, but if the United States doesn't lead it - sometimes imperfectly, but mostly with honor - who will?"

Cal Thomas, American Journalist

Battle, Freedom, Honor, Lonely

6

"I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my part in that battle and I don't regret any of it."

"I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my part in that battle and I don't regret any of it."

Marc Maron, American Entertainer

6

"The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet."

"The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet."

Damon Runyon, American Journalist

6

"For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged."

"For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged."

Alice Walker, American Author

Battle, End, Faces, Freedom

6

"It's a never ending battle of making your cars better and also trying to be better yourself."

"It's a never ending battle of making your cars better and also trying to be better yourself."

Dale Earnhardt, American Celebrity

Battle, Ending, Trying

6

"There is no French town in which the wounds inflicted on the battle-field are not bleeding."

"There is no French town in which the wounds inflicted on the battle-field are not bleeding."

Georges Duhamel, French Novelist

6

"All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year."

"All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year."

Ann Macbeth, English Author

5

"Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note - and we won!"

"Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note - and we won!"

Cheech Marin, American Comedian

Battle, Comedy, First

5

"Everything is a battle with this band."

"Everything is a battle with this band."

Kenny Hickey, American Musician

5

"I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle."

"I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

Battle, Ugly, Woman

5

"I had a very public battle with anorexia."

"I had a very public battle with anorexia."

Tracey Gold, American Actress

5

"After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor."

"After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor."

Jack Adams, Canadian Athlete

5

"What is at a peak is certain to decline. He who shows his hand will surely be defeated. He who can prevail in battle by taking advantage of his enemy's doubts is invincible."

"What is at a peak is certain to decline. He who shows his hand will surely be defeated. He who can prevail in battle by taking advantage of his enemy's doubts is invincible."

Cao Cao, Chinese Statesman

Battle, Enemy, Will

5

"The most critical time in any battle is not when I'm fatigued, it's when I no longer care."

"The most critical time in any battle is not when I'm fatigued, it's when I no longer care."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Battle, Power, Truth, Inspirational, Wisdom

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