#defeat

I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972. ↗

— George McGovern

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The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become. ↗

— Ashley Montagu

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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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I think she was ready to go. Not to be kicked out. Go at the top. Undefeated. ↗

— Denis Thatcher

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It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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We are never defeated unless we give up on God. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#defeated #give #god #never #unless

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

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What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

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Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived. ↗

— Francis Quarles

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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield. ↗

— Quintilian

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