“Choose your battles well. There is no point in launching a fight over some minor matter. Pay your parking tickets, but fight like hell if your land is under threat, if your local farmers' market is being moved or closed, or the open wild land next door is proposed for two hundred condominiums.”
“All of you cowboys, fight for your land.”
“There are some battles, no matter how much you don’t want to fight them, that you just have to fight. That are worth giving your life for.”
“Never get involved in a land war in Asia. Never fight a battle of wits when iocane powder is involved. And never, never, never, never, never, never, never let the New Republic's editors choose the headline for your article.”
“Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster”
“Fight your battles with words, not fists”