Capitulation Quotes

17 quotes by 17 authors

I myself and my wife - in order to escape the disgrace of deposition or capitulation - choose death. It is our wish to be… — Adolf Hitler
I'm disappointed, depressed, and demoralized. [...] It is very hard to avoid the conclusion that President Bush flinched from a fight on constitutional philosophy. Miers… — William Kristol
To be a student required a peculiar kind of capitulation, a willingness not simply to do as one is told, but to surrendor the movements… — R. Scott Bakker
My sudden, unforeseen capitulation had knocked me backward, and I had nothing to hold on to. My internal weather was eerily calm, as if in… — Kate Christensen
We pledge our loyalty; we affirm our determination to be of good courage; we declare, sometimes even publicly, that come what may we will do… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Submission does not mean being weak or passive. It leads to neither fatalism nor capitulation. Just the opposite. True power resides in submission. A power… — Elif Safak
Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession. — Jalal Talabani
There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and… — Ehud Barak
Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that compromise means capitulation. — Emanuel Cleaver
The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on those conditions. On… — Napoleon Bonaparte
To those who say that they are Christian and gay, what we must keep in mind is that absent in that kind of lifestyle is… — Erwin W. Lutzer
Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table. — George P. Shultz
Marriage is to me apostasy, profanation of the sanctuary of my soul, violation of my manhood, sale of my birthright, shameful surrender, ignominious capitulation, acceptance… — George Bernard Shaw
From a purely physical standpoint she didn't have a chance, but her attitude was that death was better than capitulation. — Steig Larsson
To be honest, to be kind-to earn a little and to spend a little less, to make upon the whole a family happier for his… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a situation in which he was seeking desperately for a way… — C L R James
Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot… — Mitch McConnell

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