Battle Revolution

Famous quotes containing the words battle and/or revolution:

    “Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he’s sure of losing. That’s my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

    “An illustrious individual remarks that Mrs. [Elizabeth Cady] Stanton is the salt, Anna Dickinson the pepper, and Miss [Susan B.] Anthony the vinegar of the Female Suffrage movement. The very elements get the “white male” into a nice pickle.”
    —Anonymous, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. The Revolution (August 19, 1869)