Defeat Quotes

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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone. — Michelle Bachelet
When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, D.C., I did everything I could to defeat cap and trade. I… — Michele Bachmann
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. — Russell Baker
If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. — Simone de Beauvoir
Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their party entered and had effectively… — Conrad Black
There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat… — Tony Blair
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. — Napoleon Bonaparte
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. — Napoleon Bonaparte
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list… — Bjorn Borg
At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to defeat terrorism. — Abdallah II
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom. — Bertolt Brecht
I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God. — Robert Browning
The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the… — Steven Brust
One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats. — Amos Bronson Alcott
It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character wants. Otherwise it doesn't look authentic. So I really want… — Alan Alda
From Caesar's legions to the Napoleonic wars. From the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution to the defeat of nazism. We have helped to… — David Cameron
Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our… — Albert Camus
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. — Orson Scott Card
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. — George Carlin

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