"Frederick Douglass had to teach himself how to……" — Juan Williams
"Frederick Douglass had to teach himself how to read before standing up to defeat slavery."
More Defeat Quotes
- 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