Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival.
John Boyd Orr
Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat.
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
War is a defeat for humanity.
Pope John Paul II
Aggies have a really interesting way of admitting defeat. We've never been outscored. We just ran out of time.
Rick Perry
What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.
Wendell Phillips
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
Quintilian
Miss Searle had always considered boredom an intellectual defeat.
Mary Renault
You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game.
Pat Riley
History will eventually depict as legitimate the efforts of the Iraqi resistance to destabilise and defeat the American occupation forces and their... →
Scott Ritter