Famous quotes containing the words fought and/or battle:
“That name for which you fought does it quite fit?
And is your stubborn silence only tact?
Boys wish to imitate who hear of it
But will you tell them to repeat your act?”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“The mother’s battle for her child—with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life—needs to become a common human battle, waged in love and in the passion for survival.”
—Adrienne Rich (20th century)