The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat. – Sam Snead
The defeat of Obamacare will come from the realization that the very idea of a government-administered health care system is absurd… and by people opting out of the system and developing workarounds. – Rand Paul
The bottom line is that after we defeat the armed forces of Iraq, that we will want to and need to provide stability throughout that country. – Peter Pace
There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark – ask any player about when they’ve had a bad game, it’s still in there somewhere in the back of your mind. – Rio Ferdinand
Unless there is recognition that women are most vulnerable… and you do something about social and cultural equality for women, you’re never going to defeat this pandemic. – Stephen Lewis
What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better. – Wendell Phillips
I want the American people to understand, we have a clear and focused goal: to disrupt, dismantle and defeat Al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan. – Stanley A. McChrystal
Moviewise, I would love to make the story of princess Erendira. She was a 16 year old princess/warrior who led her tribe in war against the Spanish around 1513. She almost defeated them, and the Tarascans were the only tribe the Aztecs couldn’t defeat. – Tamara Feldman
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. – Winston Churchill
You cannot defeat Islamic State with airstrikes only. It’s necessary to cooperate with ground troops, and the Syrian army is the most efficient and powerful ground force to fight the Islamic State. – Sergei Lavrov
We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism’. – Ted Cruz
It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same. – Thomas Paine
There’s a growing consensus that the best way to defeat communism in Cuba is to get its citizens hooked on American goods. – Timothy Noah
Few remember that the battle of Rorke’s Drift was fought on the same day that the British Army suffered its most humiliating defeat at nearby Isandlwana. – Saul David
The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest. – Steven Brust
One can’t doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed – different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat. – William F. Buckley, Jr.
