#defeat

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#fathers #orphan #thousand #victory

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#domestic #domestic policy #foreign #foreign policy #kill

I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat. ↗

— Allen Klein

#contend #deal #defeat #essential #i

We can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression. ↗

— Jurgen Klinsmann

#aggression #being #defeat #everything #fiery

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means. ↗

— Sallust

#defeat #defeated #evil #good #good man

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. ↗

— Sallust

#brave #coward #defeat #even #his

I always feel that there are no final victories and no final defeats. But it's true that America is in a hole right now. There are a lot of dead fish in the water. ↗

— John Sayles

#america #dead #defeats #feel #final

We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#deal #defeated #esquire #his #james

I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 o'clock in the morning session, for the sake of defeating the Nebraska bill. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#clock #construe #defeating #gone #i

Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women. ↗

— Kate Smith

#best #best interests #defeat #employer #interests