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Battle Quotes
"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."
217
"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."
181
"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."
159
"Our main battle has always been against Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers."
152
"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."
141
"We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity."
136
"A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost."
97
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
69
"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."
68
"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."
56
"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."
55
"Every pioneer and musician who could carry a musket went into the ranks. Even the sick and foot-sore, who could not keep up in the march, came up as soon as they could find their regiments, and took their places in line of battle, while it was battle, indeed."
53
"It is against this concept of the sovereign state, a state isolated by protectionism and militarism, that internationalism must now engage in decisive battle."
50
"If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword."
49
"Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country."
48
"No plan of battle ever survives contact with the enemy."
48
"There is no French town in which the wounds inflicted on the battle-field are not bleeding."
48
"There was a president imposed by Syria. Our battle... is to have a Lebanese president that we elect."
47
"Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it."
47
"The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton."
46
"The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle."
45
"I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat."
45
"It is the old battle, between those who use a toothbrush and those who don't."
44
"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."
44
"Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained."
43
"The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet."
43
"The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance which should be kept in view in every order of sailing."
42
"June 2005 is the five year anniversary of the debut of Battle Pope."
41
"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."
41
"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."
40
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