#prevail

World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume that they would prevail simply because of who they were. We were like the British at the turn of the 19th century. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#assume #because #been #began #british

We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President accountable. I do believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed. ↗

— Helen Thomas

#american #american people #believe #democracy #endure

Not considering this opening worthy of more attention, I continued our pursuit to the Northwest, being desirous to embrace the advantages of the prevailing breeze. ↗

— George Vancouver

#attention #being #breeze #considering #continued

I was lucky enough to occasionally break out of that racist situation that prevails in the Hollywood film production community. But it was racist then and it will always be that way. It will never be otherwise. ↗

— J. J. Johnson

#break #community #enough #film #hollywood

I think I have made an impact in the workplace and I do believe that will prevail over any of the other things in the end. ↗

— Paula Jones

#believe #end #i #i do #i think

Let's cooperate and challenge the administration to cooperate with us because within the administration there are also moderates and people who are not fully comfortable with the tendencies that have prevailed in recent times. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

#also #because #challenge #comfortable #cooperate

Don’t fail through defects of temper and over-sensitiveness at moments of trial. One of the great helps to success is to be cheerful; to go to work with a full sense of life; to be determined to put hindrances out of the way; to prevail over them and to get the mastery. Above all things else, be cheerful; there is no beatitude for the despairing. ↗

— Amelia E. Barr

#despair #determination #failure #hindrances #life

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds. ↗

— Samuel Adams

#does #fires #irate #keen #majority

In Thailand's history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed. ↗

— Bhumibol Adulyadej

#from time to time #general #history #prevailed #thailand

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force. ↗

— George Bancroft

#brute force #civilization #common #common mind #degree