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Strikes Quotes - Page 4

I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.

Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.176, Fordham Univ Press

Strikes deeper, grows with more pernicious root.

William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope (1747). “The Works of Shakespear: In Eight Volumes”, p.405

Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.

Sophocles (2013). “Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes, The Trackers”, p.24, University of Chicago Press

Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances.

"Fictional character: C-3PO". "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back", www.imdb.com. 1980.

There are men who strike at liberty under the term licentiousness

Jonathan Mayhew (1969). “Sermons: Seven Sermons: A Discourse, Concerning the Unlimited Submission and Non-resistance to the Higher Powers. The Snare Broken”

We know from the material that was recovered from the bin Laden compound that bin Laden was looking at the 10th anniversary of 9/11 as an opportunity to strike yet again at the U.S. homeland.

"Brennan: Post-9/11, U.S. Has ‘Right Balance’ Between Civil Liberties, Security". Interview with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. September 7, 2011.

Art is a weapon for me, with which I can strike back.

Interview with Marc Kayser, Quest, Berlin, March 2004.

When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.332

Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.330