Famous quotes containing the words fighting and/or solely:
“Every good cause gained a victory when the Union troops were triumphant. Our final victory was the triumph of religion, of virtue, of knowledge.... During those four years, whatever our motives, whatever our lives, we were fighting on God’s side. We were doing His work. What would this country have been if we had failed?”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.”
—Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)