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" After the Manchu government had carried on wars with foreign nations and had been defeated, China was forced to sign many unequal treaties. Foreign nations are still using these treaties to bind China, and as a result, China fails at whatever she attempts. "

" A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits. "

Richard M. Nixon

" Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. "

Marilyn vos Savant

" But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. "

Ernest Hemingway

" By the end of 2008, clearly the Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And in the Al Qaeda's mind, they were defeated. "

" Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits. "

Richard M. Nixon

" Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated. "

" For ten years, I went to piano lessons. I don't think I'm a very musical person, and the theory quite defeated me, but I had a freak aptitude for Debussy and Ravel. "

" From before I was born, we Arabs have been caught between two forces that, seemingly, cannot be defeated: our ruthless dictators, who oppress and humiliate us, and the cynical western powers, who would rather see us ruled by criminals loyal to them than have democratically elected leaders accountable to us. "

" Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated. "

" House Democrats have tried to increase port security funding on this House floor four times over the last 4 years, and House Republicans have defeated our efforts every single time. "

" I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where's Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less. "

" I don't want you to feel defeated, like, 'Oh boy, why do you do this to me?' We have too many of those songs. "

" If I allow the fact that I am a Negro to checkmate my will to do, now, I will inevitably form the habit of being defeated. "

" If I couldn't do it, then I'd be defeated. I've got the tools to do it. I never did question my tools. "

" I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972. "

George McGovern

" If the executioner goes, my package will never be made public. If he doesn't go, it will be made public exactly fifty years from the day the bill for a moratorium on capital punishment is defeated. "

" I have defeated this earthworm with my words. Imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists. "

" I'm basically drawn to defeated, injured, hurt, barely walking characters. "

Steven Shainberg

" In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated. "

Margaret Halsey

" In the middle of a recession no tax increase is justified because it kills jobs, and any tax increase is a job-killing measure and should be defeated. "

" I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks. "

Claire McCaskill

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

Grover Cleveland

" It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders. "

" It is not only that Germany has been defeated in the war, Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany was defeated. "

" It turns out that there is nothing so 'ex' as an ex-politician, especially a defeated one. Your phone goes dead. "

Michael Ignatieff

" I would argue that the next President, either Bush or Gore, should strike a 'national' posture, exhibiting generosity toward the defeated opponent, but proceeding with determination to implement an agenda. "

Richard V. Allen

" Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. "

Pope John Paul II

" Most of us aren't defeated in one decisive battle. We are defeated one tiny, seemingly insignificant surrender at a time that chips away at who we should really be. "

" Muhammad Ali was unquestionably one of the greatest boxers of the 20th century and a sincere advocate for his religious beliefs. In his life, he defeated the best professional boxers of his era, some of them more than once, which meant he was easily forgiven the excesses of his ringside braggadocio. "

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