#defeat

The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#air #arms #british #canada #cause

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. ↗

— Bern Williams

#defeat #hope #never #night #problem

The use of force to liberate people is very different from the use of force to suppress or control them, or even to defeat them. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#defeat #different #even #force #liberate

Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle! ↗

— Stevie Wonder

#defeat #gods #hands #let us #life

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ↗

— George Edward Woodberry

#defeat #failure #failures #tried #true

There's a gentle sigh which descends like billowing silk upon the soul that accepts its coming death. It's a gentle pocket of air in the turbulence of everyday life... the silk settles around you as if it has been drifting towards the earth forever and has finally found it's target. The flag of defeat has been mercifully dropped and, in this action, the loss is not so bad. Defeat itself is defeated by the embrace of defeat, and death is swallowed up in victory. ↗

— Andrew Davidson

#defeat #death

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

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Those who committed these cowardly acts may believe that they have shaken our resolve to defeat terrorism. They could not be more wrong. ↗

— Doc Hastings

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We remain united with the British, and our allies around the world, in our resolve to defeat terrorism and bring those who commit these acts to justice. ↗

— Doc Hastings

#allies #around #bring #british #commit

Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#oppression #defeat