"Victory has 1,000 fathers; defeat has 1,000 kibitzers." — Jeff Greenfield

"Victory has 1,000 fathers; defeat has 1,000 kibitzers."

— Jeff Greenfield

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38 Quotes by Jeff Greenfield

Jeff Greenfield has 38 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The niftiest turn of phrase, the most elegant flight of rhetorical fancy, isn't worth beans next to a clear thought…
Describing the jury in the OJ Simpson murder trial: These people have served a longer sentence than some people who…
There is no such thing as political science, but there are tenancies so strong that they might as well be…
In politics, Bugs Bunny always beats Daffy Duck. Daffy's always going berserk, jumping up and down, yelling. Bugs's got that…
A citizen at his home in Rockford, Illinois, or Boulder, Colorado, could read a newspaper, listen to a radio, or…
Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.
Television is one of the most fickle businesses that there are, you are in favour one minute and out the…
If the court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, is that a 'liberal' result enabling gay couples married in…
History doesn't turn on a dime; it turns on a plugged nickel.
I got into writing and thinking about politics because I was told there would be no math.
In another life, before taking the veil of journalistic purity, I practiced the black arts of a political operative, including…
Protestations of indifference to higher office are hard to take seriously when the 'non-candidate' is busily engaged in testing the…

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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… — Michelle Bachelet
When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, D.C., I did everything I could to… — 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… — Conrad Black
There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be… — 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… — Bjorn Borg
At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to… — Abdallah II
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the… — Bertolt Brecht
I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to… — Robert Browning

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