"Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is…" — John F. Kennedy

"Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan."

— John F. Kennedy

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622 Quotes by John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy has 622 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We do not want an official state church. If ninety-nine percent of the population were Catholics, I would still be…
When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working.
Only in winter can you tell which trees are truly green. Only when the winds of adversity blow can you…
Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.
There is, of course, a legitimate argument for some limitation upon immigration. We no longer need settlers for virgin lands,…
Malthus argued a century and a half ago that man, by using up all his available resources, would forever press…
I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend…
The science of weapons and war has made us all one world and one human race with one common destiny.
We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be…
Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard…
In America there must be only citizens, not divided by grade, first and second, but citizens, east, west, north, and…
We shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach abroad.

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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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