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1 " Among peoples who possess a highly developed pugnacious instinct we find the greatest progress in the arts, sciences, social and political organization, commerce and industry. The instinct takes the milder form of rivalry which is the motive force of the great portion of the serious labors of mankind. "
― , An Introduction to Philosophy
2 " No less a bold and pugnacious figure than Winston Churchill broke down and was unable to finish his remarks at the sendoff of the British Expeditionary Force into the maelstrom of World War I in Europe. "
― Barbara W. Tuchman , The Guns of August
3 " God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards. "
― Walt Whitman
4 " It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious he learned the habit from Nature. "
