#defeat

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In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.


Margaret Halsey


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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.


Napoleon Bonaparte


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Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.


Ernest Hemingway


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In the middle of a recession no tax increase is justified because it kills jobs, and any tax increase is a job-killing measure and should be defeated.


Newt Gingrich


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Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.


Benjamin Disraeli


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Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.


Gordon B. Hinckley


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The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.


Andrew Carnegie


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For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.


Jonathan Carroll


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Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.


Ralph Ellison


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Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.


F. Scott Fitzgerald


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