Defeated Quotes

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.

The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And that is to bring consensus to big issues in this country so that we have a reasoned and thoughtful approach and that the American public buys into it.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.

If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit.

We've shown the world that New York can never be defeated, because of its dynamic and diverse population and because it embodies the spirit of enterprise and the love of liberty. And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.

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

I actually defeated an incumbent Republican senator who was part of the Jesse Helm's political machine in North Carolina, the result of which is I'm now the senior senator from North Carolina instead of Jesse Helms, which is a very good thing for this country.

If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right.

I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly defeated as a party you do have to face up to some painful facts and you do have to change.

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

Writing fiction is... an endless and always defeated effort to capture some quality of life without killing it.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

Optimism is inevitably the last hope of the defeated.

There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.

It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.