#defeat

Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, said that Republicans' number one priority was the defeat of President Obama. ↗

— Steny Hoyer

#leader #mitch #number #obama #president

Your generation and mine have had very little real experience; we've been severed from the direct experience of war by some very good things. By the end of the draft, and by the defeat in Vietnam. ↗

— Michael Ignatieff

#defeat #direct #direct experience #draft #end

But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#believe #defeat #feelings #hearts #i

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat. ↗

— Tom Landry

#constructive #defeat #every #i #learned

I would be going until I went over the bounds of reality and was then caught up in a profound wish to be dead without having to go through the shaming defeat of suicide. ↗

— Joshua Logan

#caught #dead #defeat #go #going

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest. ↗

— William McKinley

#defeat #may #nearest #time #victory

special thanks to Martha Sharpe and everyone at Anansi; to Mandy Barber, for the use of her stunning visual art; to Karen Mac Cormack, for her advice during the early stages of this project; and to David Bromige (weaver of radhats), for his enthusiasm which encouraged me to develop this piece into a book-length poem. ↗

— Darren Wershler-Henry

#cycle-of-defeat #gram-parsons #metalhead #parasite #punishment

The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it. ↗

— Murray Rothbard

#crushed #defeated #expands #glories #state

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success. ↗

— Mark Skousen

#centrally #civilized #civilized society #civilized world #complete

We are ever mindful the risks our troops face every day and the sacrifices made by the families and the communities that support them as those who have been removed from power seek to delay their inevitable defeat. ↗

— John Warner

#communities #day #defeat #delay #ever