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Defeat is a mirage, while victory is a state of mind. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 2 months ago
We will never forgive the culprits, we will defeat the evil state and hold all the perpetrators to account. – Volodymyr Zelensky	Found on New York Times 1 year ago
These scoundrels not only openly wish defeat for Russia and the destruction of our homeland, but they are now executing their own compatriots. – Dmitry Medvedev	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I congratulate everyone, everyone who waited till this moment. We will defeat everyone, we will kill everyone, we will rob everyone we need. Everything will be as we like. – Vladlen Tatarsky	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden, the American people realize exactly what the Radical Left Democrats are doing here. Everyone can see it. So our Movement, and our Party – united and strong – will first defeat Alvin Bragg, and then we will defeat Joe Biden, and we are going to throw every last one of these Crooked Democrats out of office so we can MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I want to be crystal clear, the drugs in this room and the drugs that are flooding Arizona every single day are sourced primarily by one evil as the Sinaloa drug cartel, we are laser-focused on the Sinaloa drug cartel and we will defeat them. We will not stop. – Charge Cheri Oz	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The US and NATO openly state that their goal is the strategic defeat of Russia, and what, after that are we just supposed to let them to travel around our (nuclear) facilities? – Getty Images	Found on CNN 1 year ago
They want to inflict a strategic defeat on us and climb all over our nuclear facilities, so I’d like to make the announcement today that Russia is suspending its participation in the START Treaty. – Getty Images	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Mehmet Oz doesn't represent Pennsylvanians — in fact, he's at odds with the nearly 9 in 10 Keystone state voters who believe abortion should be legal, planned Parenthood Votes is all in to defeat candidates across the country who, like Oz, are ready to take away people's right to decide what is best for their own bodies, lives, and futures. That includes significant investments in races up and down the ballot, from Arizona to Pennsylvania to Georgia. – Olivia Cappello	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Are you tired of the culture wars and the extremists that are dictating what we can say and do ? are you sick of politicians who act like authoritarians trying to tear apart our democracy ? That's why we are here today : to defeat Ron DeSantis and bring decency and respect back to the state of Florida. – Karla Hernández-Mats	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Remember this energy, we answered the darkness, the divisiveness, the cynicism with hope, with positivity. With people power. Remember that. We are going to take that into November. We are going to defeat threats to our democracy. To our safety. To our freedom. – Pat Ryan	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Such attacks put the lives of innocent Syrian civilians at risk and undermine the significant efforts by our Partner Forces to maintain the lasting defeat of ISIS, coalition personnel retain the right to self-defense, and we will take appropriate measures to protect our forces. – John Brennan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If you wish to defeat me train for another 300 years!!! – Technoblade	added by khedekarpankaj111 1 year ago
If you really want to compete with Russia and China to prevent the 21st Century from being dominated by a new axis of evil, you must first defeat the Church of Global Warming. As long as that’s the official state religion of the Western world, we haven’t got a prayer. – John Hayward	added by Normando 1 year ago
Tudor has shown as a businesswoman in Michigan’s steel industry that she is an innovator and a disruptor, and exactly who we need to defeat Wrecken Gretchen, as we saw just yesterday, Wrecken Gretchen repealed $20 million dollars of funding to crisis pregnancy centers and adoption services, we need someone in office who stands for life and for Michigander families; Tudor, a mom of four, is that candidate. Dixon will be a fearless fighter for life, restoring business in Michigan, and getting our economy back on track. We will be doing all we can to get her into the Governor’s office, including spending well into the six digits to support her campaign. – Michael Markey	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
But if you do that, then you just succumb to defeat, i don’t want the east side of Buffalo to seem weak. I want us to become stronger than that. Let’s just build it back up. – Geraldine Talley	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest. – unknown	added by unochickie 1 year ago
There's a certain sense of complacency that seems to have fallen over our Western partners that the arms deliveries that Ukraine has been already provided with are somehow enough to win the war, they are not ! They do not come near anything that would be close to enabling us to defeat the Russians on the battlefield. – Damien Magrou	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. – unknown	added by unochickie 1 year ago
We remain open to future diplomacy -- and fully prepared to deter and to defeat future aggression. – Lloyd Austin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
What else can we do? being a Sandy Meisner devotee, I’m a romantic about the ensemble credo and synergy and, like this movie depicts, what educated, smart and deeply caring people can do – even a few of them – together at a crucial moment. They can even sometimes defeat the forces of ignorance, corruption and greed, and keep the Homo sapiens ball moving along a little more. Maybe. – Jeff Goldblum	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Costa Rica can defeat cancer alone, costa Rica takes all of us working together. – Jill Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Why are these corporate Democratic interests spending so much to defeat these women ? Because they know that in Congress, Summer Lee, Jessica Cisneros and Nida Allam will fight for an agenda that represents the needs of workers and not large corporations and billionaires. – Bernie Sanders	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It was Franklin Roosevelt who wanted to set up an organization that would police the world after the defeat of Nazi Germany, but the only way he could get Russia and other powers to agree to that deal, was if they had the ability to block any actions against themselves. – Bill Clinton	Found on CNN 2 years ago

Defeat is a mirage, while victory is a state of mind.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
2 months ago

We will never forgive the culprits, we will defeat the evil state and hold all the perpetrators to account.

– Volodymyr Zelensky

Found on New York Times
1 year ago

These scoundrels not only openly wish defeat for Russia and the destruction of our homeland, but they are now executing their own compatriots.

– Dmitry Medvedev

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I congratulate everyone, everyone who waited till this moment. We will defeat everyone, we will kill everyone, we will rob everyone we need. Everything will be as we like.

– Vladlen Tatarsky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden, the American people realize exactly what the Radical Left Democrats are doing here. Everyone can see it. So our Movement, and our Party – united and strong – will first defeat Alvin Bragg, and then we will defeat Joe Biden, and we are going to throw every last one of these Crooked Democrats out of office so we can MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I want to be crystal clear, the drugs in this room and the drugs that are flooding Arizona every single day are sourced primarily by one evil as the Sinaloa drug cartel, we are laser-focused on the Sinaloa drug cartel and we will defeat them. We will not stop.

– Charge Cheri Oz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The US and NATO openly state that their goal is the strategic defeat of Russia, and what, after that are we just supposed to let them to travel around our (nuclear) facilities?

– Getty Images

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They want to inflict a strategic defeat on us and climb all over our nuclear facilities, so I’d like to make the announcement today that Russia is suspending its participation in the START Treaty.

– Getty Images

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Mehmet Oz doesn't represent Pennsylvanians — in fact, he's at odds with the nearly 9 in 10 Keystone state voters who believe abortion should be legal, planned Parenthood Votes is all in to defeat candidates across the country who, like Oz, are ready to take away people's right to decide what is best for their own bodies, lives, and futures. That includes significant investments in races up and down the ballot, from Arizona to Pennsylvania to Georgia.

– Olivia Cappello

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Are you tired of the culture wars and the extremists that are dictating what we can say and do ? are you sick of politicians who act like authoritarians trying to tear apart our democracy ? That's why we are here today : to defeat Ron DeSantis and bring decency and respect back to the state of Florida.

– Karla Hernández-Mats

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Remember this energy, we answered the darkness, the divisiveness, the cynicism with hope, with positivity. With people power. Remember that. We are going to take that into November. We are going to defeat threats to our democracy. To our safety. To our freedom.

– Pat Ryan

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Such attacks put the lives of innocent Syrian civilians at risk and undermine the significant efforts by our Partner Forces to maintain the lasting defeat of ISIS, coalition personnel retain the right to self-defense, and we will take appropriate measures to protect our forces.

– John Brennan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If you wish to defeat me train for another 300 years!!!

– Technoblade

added by khedekarpankaj111
1 year ago

If you really want to compete with Russia and China to prevent the 21st Century from being dominated by a new axis of evil, you must first defeat the Church of Global Warming. As long as that’s the official state religion of the Western world, we haven’t got a prayer.

– John Hayward

added by Normando
1 year ago

Tudor has shown as a businesswoman in Michigan’s steel industry that she is an innovator and a disruptor, and exactly who we need to defeat Wrecken Gretchen, as we saw just yesterday, Wrecken Gretchen repealed $20 million dollars of funding to crisis pregnancy centers and adoption services, we need someone in office who stands for life and for Michigander families; Tudor, a mom of four, is that candidate. Dixon will be a fearless fighter for life, restoring business in Michigan, and getting our economy back on track. We will be doing all we can to get her into the Governor’s office, including spending well into the six digits to support her campaign.

– Michael Markey

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

But if you do that, then you just succumb to defeat, i don’t want the east side of Buffalo to seem weak. I want us to become stronger than that. Let’s just build it back up.

– Geraldine Talley

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

– unknown

added by unochickie
1 year ago

There's a certain sense of complacency that seems to have fallen over our Western partners that the arms deliveries that Ukraine has been already provided with are somehow enough to win the war, they are not ! They do not come near anything that would be close to enabling us to defeat the Russians on the battlefield.

– Damien Magrou

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

– unknown

added by unochickie
1 year ago

We remain open to future diplomacy -- and fully prepared to deter and to defeat future aggression.

– Lloyd Austin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What else can we do? being a Sandy Meisner devotee, I’m a romantic about the ensemble credo and synergy and, like this movie depicts, what educated, smart and deeply caring people can do – even a few of them – together at a crucial moment. They can even sometimes defeat the forces of ignorance, corruption and greed, and keep the Homo sapiens ball moving along a little more. Maybe.

– Jeff Goldblum

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Costa Rica can defeat cancer alone, costa Rica takes all of us working together.

– Jill Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Why are these corporate Democratic interests spending so much to defeat these women ? Because they know that in Congress, Summer Lee, Jessica Cisneros and Nida Allam will fight for an agenda that represents the needs of workers and not large corporations and billionaires.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It was Franklin Roosevelt who wanted to set up an organization that would police the world after the defeat of Nazi Germany, but the only way he could get Russia and other powers to agree to that deal, was if they had the ability to block any actions against themselves.

– Bill Clinton

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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