...Defeat appears to me preferable to total Inaction.

If I am to die, I would rather die fighting on the left.

Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.

If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed;
if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may
come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.

Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.

It is better to die fighting than to die on your knees.

They knew I'm going to fight you for...what I feel like is for the workers.

I’d rather fight than switch. It’s worth fighting.

It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?

It is better to go to defeat with free will than to live in a meaningless security as a cog in a machine.

would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound.

I would rather that this people should starve to death in the mountains, than to have the Lord Almighty hand us over to a cursed, infernal mob. I would rather go down to the grave in peace than to fight a mob, unless the Lord would give me enough Saints to fight and kill the poor devils; in such case I wish to live and fight them. But I never want to see a mob again drive and tread under foot the Saints.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

I thought we could have put up more of a fight. Not that we were going to win, but that we would offer more resistance.