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“it will be objected that a constantly increasing population makes resistance and conservation a hopeless battle. this is true. unless a way is found to stabilize the nation's population, the parks can not be saved. or anything else worth a damn. wilderness preservation, like a hundred other good causes, will be forgotten under the overwhelming pressure of a struggle for mere survival and sanity in a completely urbanized, completely industrialized, ever more crowded environment. for my own part i would rather take my chances in a thermonuclear war than live in such a world.”

Source: Desert Solitaire

“I know that in the battle of ideas, Republican politicians are at a distinct disadvantage. Their fundamental philosophy - which I characterize as survival of the fittest, richest and whitest - is too callous for most Americans.”

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Author:John Yarmuth

“To preserve one's mind intact through a modern college education is a test of courage and endurance, but the battle is worth it and the stakes are the highest possible to man: the survival of reason.”

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Book:The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution

Source: The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution

“The color of your skin is your uniform in this ultimate battle for the survival of the West.”

Color Battle Survival Skins Ultimate West Uniforms

Author:George Lincoln Rockwell

“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.”

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Book:Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution

Source: Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution

“We've always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways... It's lasted now about 14 years, and we're very pleased to have survived it.”

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Author:Richard Branson

“Battles over water in the West are always about something more. At their most elemental, they are about survival.”

Water Battle Survival West Elementals

Author:Bettina Boxall

“It's alright if you lose a few battles, but as long as you win the war, that's all that matters.”

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Author:Joe Teti

“I'm a friend in the context that we helped fight a battle together for survival of the American Football League. But I don't consider myself close to Al in recent years. You just don't continually sue your business partners like he has.”

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Author:Lamar Hunt

“For an individual as well as a society, there is a gulf between merely living and living worthily. To fight in a battle and live in glory is one mode. To beat a retreat, to surrender and to live the life of a captive is also a mode of survival.”

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Book:Annihilation of Caste

Source: Annihilation of Caste

“So many of my family and friends had lost their battles against cancer. What could I do that my relatives and friends had not? What could I do that would be different?”

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Author:Michael Milken

“Successful investment is a battle for financial survival.”

Successful Battle Survival Investment Financial

Author:Gerald M. Loeb

“Winning is important, but survival is even more important. If you don't survive, you don't get to fight the next battle.”

Ifs Important Fighting Next Winning Battle Survival

Author:Donald Trump

“If we fight only to live, we will forget why we lived at all.”

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Book:The Sword and the Hearth

Source: The Sword and the Hearth