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“You get him out and half the battle is won.”
Arjuna Ranatunga (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We live in a world of teams made up of all kinds of people. We see this every day on TV, in newspapers and on the web – it might news about a winning sports team, a company’s leadership team who have succeeded in buying another company or it might be a about a group of homeowners who have won a battle against a big developer.”
Nigel Cumberland (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We think this issue needs to matter to anyone who believes in true equal opportunity and justice. If we learned anything from our experience with the Proposal 2 battle, it's that these attempts to allow discrimination in Michigan must be stopped and a united effort by many communities is the only hope to stop them.”
Jeffrey Montgomery (1953–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dualistic religions flourished for more than a thousand years. ...[B]etween 1500 BC and 1000 BC ...Zoroaster ...was active ...in Central Asia. His creed... became the most important of dualistic religions ...Zoroastrians saw the world as a cosmic battle between the good... Ahura Mazda and the evil... Angra Mainyu.”
Yuval Noah Harari (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?”
Maxwell D. Taylor (1901–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are ways to what is our major battle in the world. To defeat climate change - to save the planet.”
António Guterres (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I have tried to observe the personal courtesies of public life, it is not because I fail to hate the political enemy’s creed. If I have sought to find some humour in the conflict, it is not because I under-estimate the gravity of the battle. The best years of my life have been given to what I deeply believe is a struggle for freedom.”
Robert Menzies (1894–1978) first seen 1949 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1949 election campaign speech delivered in Melbourne (10 November 1949)
“If progressives cannot see Israelis as people, if they - we - cannot summon up the same compassion and concern for unarmed combatants on both sides of a battle front, it's time they checked their ideology for holes.”
Bradley Burston wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't think the intellectual battle is ever fully over because I don't think history is over.”
Peter Thiel (born 1967) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Peter Robinson, Uncommon Knowledge, 17 January 2020 (transcript)
“Couching this column as a “dying wish” felt a little dramatic, even for a drama person like me. We are not certain how long this season of my battle will be and I do want to share, and reshare, some things with the world that I passionately believe. I write all of this as my “living wish” and hopefully “enduring wish” for you. -->”
Mia Love (1975–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the study of history, slowness is an advantage. The scholar decelerates the fast-moving events of past days until his mind can fathom them. Then... he can demonstrate to the rashest king how he should have acted in battle.”
Sten Nadolny (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And knowing that in every specific battle, what we are fighting for is merely the substitution of the human agenda for the corporate agenda is what can guide and sustain us.”
Robin Hahnel (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(There are three stages to a battle: First you’re bored. Then you’re terrified. Then you’re dead. Each is necessary, and they must all come in the proper order.)”
Michael Swanwick (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Bhagavadgītā presents the doctrine that Kṛiṣṇa Vāsudeva, who helped the Pāṇḍava princes at the battle of Kurukṣetra as Arjuna's charioteer, was Supreme God, a descent of the Absolute into the world of men. Kṛiṣṇa is called Bhagavat, and the poem is a product of the Bhāgavata or Vāsudeva sect, which at the time of its composition was beginning to identify Kṛiṣṇa with Viṣṇu.”
W. Douglas P. Hill (1884–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thus spoke Arjuna on the field of battle, and sat down upon the chariot seat, dropping his arrows and his bow, his soul o'erwhelmed with grief.”
W. Douglas P. Hill (1884–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our anti-Marxist battle is directed against the state-disintegrating doctrine of the Jew Karl Marx, against the people-disintegrating doctrine of class-struggle, against the economy-disintegrating doctrine of the denial of private property and against the purely economic materialistic conception of history.”
Gottfried Feder (1883–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While there are many women who had no desire to be granted the right of franchise, since the duty has been imposed upon them at this most opportune time, affording them the opportunity and privilege of mobilizing under the banner in the greatest battle ever waged in behalf of that greatest of all institutions, the American home, they will not be found wanting.”
Georgia Hopley (1858–1944) first seen 1922 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Washington Times. August 9, 1922. pg. 5.
“No woman in the world, certainly none in America, has had to battle for her virtue, for her self-respect, for her right to her own children, as has the black mother.”
Richard R. Wright Jr. (1878–1967) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wright Jr. 87 Years Behind the Black Curtain: An Autobiography. 1965
“...armchair strategists can look at the last stages of a campaign and say there's nothing left but mopping-up, but if you're holding the mop it's different. The last Jap in the last bunker on the last day can be just as fatal to you personally as the biggest battle at the height of the campaign, and you don't look or think much beyond him - wherever he is.”
George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now he could see the difference. One hundred and eighty feet overall, and of some fourteen hundred tons, her broad beam betrayed that she had been built originally for the line of battle. Her sail plan had changed little, he thought. With a wind over the quarter she would run like a deer if properly handled.”
Douglas Reeman (1924–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every challenge along the way With courage I will face I will battle every day To claim my rightful place Come with me, the time is right There's no better team Arm in arm we'll win the fight It's always been our dream”
John Loeffler (born 1951) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (1997), cowritten with John Siegler.
“You cannot take the world through inheritance and boasting, you can take it only by wielding the sword in battle.”
Iltutmish (1192–1236) said by 1236 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Iltumish. Isami, II, 221. quoted from Lal, K. S. (1994). Muslim slave system in medieval India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 4
“During his expedition to Gwalior, Iltutmish (1210-36) massacred 7000 persons besides those killed in the battle on both sides. His attacks on Malwa (Vidisha and Ujjain) were met with stiff resistance and were accompanied by great loss of life. He is also credited with killing 12,000 Khokhars (Ghakkars) during Aibak's reign.”
Iltutmish (1192–1236) said by 1236 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lal, K. S. (1999). Theory and practice of Muslim state in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 7
“Amir Khusrau writes that under Jalauddin Khalji (1290-96), after a battle, “whatever live Hindu fell into the hands of the victorious king was pounded to bits under the feet of the elephants. The Musalman captives had their lives spared”.”
Amir Khusrow (1253–1325) said by 1325 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Miftah-ul-Futuh (Aligarh text, 1954), p. 22. quoted from Lal, K. S. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 4
“…Sultãn Qutbu’d-Dîn felt insulted and he attacked the fort of Kumbhalmîr in AH 860 (AD 1455-56)… When he reached near Sirohî, the Rãjã of that place offered battle but was defeated....“From that place the Sultãn entered the kingdom of RãNã Kumbhã and he sent armies in all directions for invading the country and destroying the temples…”166”
Nizamuddin Ahmad (1551–1621) first seen 1451 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sultãn Qutbu’d-Dîn Ahmad Shãh II of Gujarat (AD 1451-1458) Kumbhalgadh (Rajasthan)
“If the Moon is made of green cheese, then Napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo. We would be committing this fallacy (i. e., affirming the consequent) if we used this sentence to claim that the Moon is made of green cheese. Pseudosciences employ this fallacy frequently, because it enables you to claim the truth of any premise you wish simply by choosing a true conclusion.”
Mordechai Ben-Ari (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A bold general may be lucky, but no general can be lucky unless he is bold. The general who allows himself to be bound and hampered by regulations is unlikely to win a battle.”
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we want conservative principles to win the battle of ideas, we have to defend them openly, with passion and conviction.”
Maxime Bernier (born 1963) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 23 August 2018
“Out of the synthesis of opposites, a cancerous growth called Beauty came into being; obscene antisurvival concepts named Loyalty, Courage, Justice were born into the universe. Wherever the elemental Purities encountered this monstrous hybrid, a battle of extermination was joined. Good could compromise with Evil, but neither could meet with the half-breed, Art.”
Keith Laumer (1925–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My Children, you are unaware of the battle that rages around you. Both secretly and openly do the dark forces fight. Your spirit, like a dam, is lashed by the waters. Your heart unfolds and will be flooded with knowledge. Fear not, O heart, you will conquer! (117)”
Helena Roerich (1879–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The dates of this battle and of the beginning of the New Epoch, or Cycle, can also be found in the most precise calculations of both the Egyptians and the Hindus. (30 March 1936)”
Helena Roerich (1879–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A severe action ensued from dawn to mid-day, when "the army of idolatry and damnation turned its back in flight from the line of battle.... fifty thousand infidels were despatched to hell by the sword... and from the heaps of the slain, the hills and the plains became of one level.”
Hasan Nizami (died 1217) said by 1217 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is the “battle of the beliefs”: hanging on to your belief that you are who you are despite how others may define you, while also challenging yourself not to compare your insides to other people’s outsides. It’s a constant effort to align yourself externally with how you feel internally.”
Ashlee Marie Preston (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The police are on the front line in the battle against serious violence and it's vital we give them the right tools to do their jobs.”
Sajid Javid (born 1969) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Knife crime: More stop and search powers for police, BBC News, 31 March 2019
“Only cowards fear danger; the palm of glory grows nowhere but on the battle-field.”
Pope Callixtus III (1379–1458) first seen 1458 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remark (1458), quoted in Ludwig Pastor, The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages, Volume II (1891), p. 387
“The body that feels thirst and hunger, passion, desire, and love. The body that we understand when we read the ancients describing men in battle, men and women in love and in grief. The body, I would say, that our artistic tradition dealt with so gloriously for so many centuries, and somewhat less gloriously in a certain kind of performance art today.”
Arthur Danto (1924–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Weary of struggles, I, the great rebel, Shall rest in quiet only when I find The sky and the air free of the piteous groans of the oppressed. Only when the battle fields are cleared of jingling bloody sabres Shall I, weary of struggles, rest in quiet, I am the rebel eternal, I raise my head beyond this world and, High, ever erect and alone!”
Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899–1976) first seen 1921 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bidrohi" ["The Rebel"] ( December 1921), as translated by Kabir Choudhary
“Today I want to set out what's at stake for Britain, because while politics is always about choices, the choice now is as stark as it gets. We face a battle for the soul of our country, who we are, who we're for, and the Labour choices of Britian is that it's greener, fairer, and more dynamic.”
Keir Starmer (born 1962) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Government is in turmoil, Starmer calls for an Election Speech (October 2022)
“Some remnant of battle must remain, something halting an advance. The ghost of a ghost may be more than a memory. It may be a piece of history that refuses to be rewritten.”
Jack Cady (1932–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The question is whether aggressive battle is by itself commendable or not. If it is, why should the Muslims stop simply because territorial expansion in these days is regarded as bad? And if it is not commendable, but deplorable, why did Islam not stop it in the past? … Aggressive Jihad is lawful even today for the purpose it was lawful in those days.”
Muhammad Taqi Usmani (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never felt so alive as you did after you came out of a battle in one piece. And if you were dead? You wouldn’t feel that...”
Steve Perry (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He understood the phenomenon, of how almost dying made you appreciate what life had to offer. And it was a potent drug, that feeling. Battle was not glorious. But surviving it? That was.”
Steve Perry (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The loudest sound on a battle field was click! when you were expecting bang! It was a never-ending wonder: What was going to go wrong next?”
Steve Perry (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How could you allow Puzur-Numucda, the commander of the fortress Igi-hursaja, to let the hostile Martu penetrate into my Land? Until now he has not sent to you word about engaging in battle. There are puny men in the Land! Why has he not faced the Martu?”
“Uta-ulu, riding on fearsome radiance, [...] greatest amongt the great lords! [...] Ninurta, perfect in authority, caretaker of heaven and earth, [...] Lord who was given great strength by Nunamnir, confident in his strength, striding into battle!”
Ishme-Dagan (2001–1935 BC) said by 1935 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[the SarasvatI is] “prominent in Book 7: it flows from the mountains to the sea (7.95.2) - which would put the battle of 10 kings prior to 1500 BC or so due to the now well-documented dessication of the SarasvatI”. (p. 335)”
Michael Witzel (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We know very little about the Püru domination in the Panjab. It is only clear that they were the leaders in a coalition of Five Peoples, and some other tribes, against the Bharata chief Sudäs in the dasaräjna battle.”
Michael Witzel (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The entire book 7 is thus a snapshot o f history: the incursion o f the Bharata into the Panjab from across the Sindhu, and their battle with the “Five Peoples” and the Püru.”
Michael Witzel (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“On his mother's battle with kidney disease while he was in high school:”
Frank Gore (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“India is using troops in Kashmir. They are losing the battle of heart and minds. It's like treating cancer with dispirin.”
Imran Khan (born 1952) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "India losing battle in Kashmir: Imran", The Nation, November 8, 2012.