Now they have started the aggression, and the extinction of our nation is imminent. If we just fold our arms and yield to them, I would have no face to see our ancestors after death. If we must perish, why not fight to the death?
the Western Powers & Japan
He that stands still and suffers his enemies to double blows upon him without resistance, will undoubtedly be conquered in the issue.
I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've brought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
The oppressed have no alternative—for they have no power—but to fight.
When a guy knocks ya down, never get up unless he's gonna kill ya.
When things just get bad you can't quit, you just have to keep fighting.
The fighting back by indigenous people started in 1900: OK, they've cornered us. Our population is almost gone; they've defeated us. From there, the modern Indian rights movement started, and it was a very hard fight, with a lot of stuff going against them.
It is true that a victim who fights back may suffer for it, but one who does not almost certainly will suffer for it.
I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
Redemption is something you have to fight for in a very personal, down-dirty way. Some of our characters lose that, some stray from that, and some regain it.
Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?
it is immoral for powerless people to accept this powerlessness. They may not succeed in getting power but they can fight for it, and if enough fight for it, it makes it very difficult for the people with the big sticks.
There are a lot of things that people say about Hillary Clinton. But nobody says that she doesn't know how to throw a punch.
When every card in the deck is stacked against you, the only way to win a hand is to break the rules. You beg, borrow, and steal, as the old adage goes, and if you happen to get caught in the act, at least you´ve gone down fighting the good fight.
As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.
My way to combat anything is just to walk straight into it with my fists up.
All of my life, when things got too difficult, I folded up the tent and went to bed. I couldn't stand a challenge... I was terrified of confrontation. I was very laid-back, and just wouldn't get involved or fight back.
So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.
Sometimes you have to defeat your enemies—not just talk to them.
NOOOO!" On the screen, a woman's eyes bugged almost out of her head, and I tried not to scream. Tried not to scream in exasperation, I mean. The serial killer was right in front of her, wide open! Clearly, instead of weeping like a moron, she could be lunging forward and administering a swift uppercut to the chin. Then this entire pointless ordeal would be over with, and I could go home.
I believe it's a crime for anyone who is being brutalized to continue to accept that brutality without doing something to defend himself.
If you lose a fight with someone, you don't get revenge from fighting someone else.
My choices were to either give in and let them kill all of us or fight back with everything I had. I chose the second one, ’cause I’m just funny that way.
People have tried to keep me at bay with their jab, but once I put that pressure on, there is only so much you can do.
It's funny, after a while, you get tired of having to fight someone because they don't like the way you look.
