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When the armistice was declared American forces had fought their way to Sedan.
Kelly Miller

American, Forces, Declared

That was not what men and women fought for during the war.
Barbara Castle

Women, Men, War

Republicans rejected calls for amnesty and we've fought efforts to provide illegal aliens with taxpayer funded benefits. The American people are far closer to our Republican approach to border security than they are to Nancy Pelosi's approach.
Marsha Blackburn

American, Far, Republican

The Chinese leadership hoped that the world would soon forget the Tiananmen Square massacre. Our job in Congress is to ensure that we never forget those who lost their lives in Tiananmen Square that day or the pro-democracy cause for which they fought.
Tom Lantos

Leadership, Forget, Job

I fought in Korea, front line. I knew who the enemy were. The enemy were the people who were firing at me. And shooting at me.
Douglas Wilder

Enemy, Knew, Line

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me.
Jimmy Breslin

Why, Public, Interest

I will never forget the debt we owe to those who have fought to keep America safe.
Tom Udall

Forget, America, Keep

I fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities.
Nicolas Sarkozy

War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable.
Dennis Weaver

War, Valuable, Resources

Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought.
Margaret Chase Smith

Honor, Earned, Expected

This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know get the exteriors and then go back to L.A. We really fought to get it up here and I think Paramount was really pleased.
Philip Kaufman

Here, Wanted, Film

We were thus led to organize ourselves, as men who had fought the war together, in order to support those statesmen who had truly understood the lessons of that World War, thus attempting to prevent its recurrence.
Rene Cassin

Men, War, Together

The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think about it, is a form of taxation without representation. We fought a war over that issue and we won that war.
Mike Lee

War, American, Stop

Obviously all of us have thought about Vietnam, particularly in my generation in Australia that were part of conscription and fought there. Our friends came back, forever changed. So there were a lot of questions.
Phillip Noyce

Thought, Friends, Questions

I didn't think I was an actor and fought it for a long time. Nobody paid for that but me.
Kathleen Quinlan

Time, Long, Actor

Obviously, that off-the-ice battle I went through, plus injuries I came back from, I always felt the fans are really knowledgeable there and respected and appreciated guys that gave whatever they had and guys that fought through things.
Saku Koivu

Battle, Through, Whatever

I want to be a champion for the people I have fought for all my life - regular people.
John Edwards

Life, Champion, Regular

I started off as a model and struggled for some time until I got a break as an actress. I was too stubborn to let go and was sure I was in the right place at the right time. I just fought and I think that's how I am where I am today.
Natasha Henstridge

Time, Today, Place

Given the way some fought for the status quo when I authored the new Ethics Code and created the city's first Ethics Commission, we are going to need your strong support to get an even tougher Ethics Code passed this year.
Laura Miller

Strong, Year, Support

President Obama is also standing up for women in North Carolina and across our country. He has helped women fight for equal pay for equal work; he has fought to guarantee that women have access to quality, affordable health care, including making sure that insurance plans cover birth control with no out-of-pocket cost.
Bev Perdue

Work, Health, Women

My twin sister, my cousin, and I used to write and perform plays for my family. We raided the closets for costumes and fought over parts. I'm sure I was the bossiest one.
Connie Britton

Family, Write, Used

The visits Prime Minister Koizumi made to the Yasukuni Shrine, I believe, had nothing to do with approval ratings. He paid respects at the Yasukuni Shrine to pay respects to the people of Japan who fought and lost their lives for the country and to pray for the peace of their souls.
Shinzo Abe

Peace, Nothing, Lost

Whenever in future wars the battle is fought, armored troops will play the decisive role.
Heinz Guderian

Future, Battle, Play

I'm a very loyal person and I allowed myself to be defined as somebody who was doing Gordon's bidding. I should have fought back harder to define myself at an earlier stage.
Ed Balls

Person, Somebody, Stage

During my six years with them Dr Garnet Davey (subsequently Research Director) constantly supported me and, I have no doubt, fought many battles on my behalf to keep the initially controversial programme going.
James W. Black

Doubt, Keep, Research

We ask the great masses of India to be patient a short time longer, while the cause of freedom is being fought out, not because we want to delay, but because the hard facts of war make a complete change impossible at the moment.
Stafford Cripps

Change, Time, Great

I earned the right to get in the team, and fought every game to be in it.
Graham Roberts

Game, Team, Earned

Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought.
William L. Jenkins

Courage, Same, Public

Every time that we've ever fought, we fought to keep from bein' destroyed. We've never started a war.
Howard Finster

Time, War, Keep

I've always fought for what I believe in. I used to get made fun of for dancing, and I would argue back, or fight the kids, or do whatever I had to do to shut them up. I have that in me.
Kenny Wormald

Fun, Fight, Made

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