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Defeating Islamic terrorists, shrinking government, growing the economy -- these are the issues that matter most, these are the issues that matter most. Instead we're debating social issues like abortion and gay rights. They are a distraction, and will only help elect Hillary. – George Pataki	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Our Defense Department has grown larger but less capable, more complex but less innovative, more proficient at defeating low-tech adversaries but more vulnerable to high-tech ones. – John McCain	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
They have always made plots against Uganda, we're always on the alert and we'll keep defeating their plot. – Paddy Ankunda	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
ISIL must be defeated in both Iraq and Syria ... defeating ISIL ultimately lies with local forces and we are helping to create effective ground forces in Syria, as well as in Iraq, so they can take the fight to ISIL. – Defence Minister Michael Fallon	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This notion that accountability can wait because peace has to come first is just an inherently flawed and self-defeating notion. – Samantha Power	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
No one can ever win by defeating someone; you only win by letting someone win. – Debasish Mridha, M.D.	added by anonymous 9 years ago
President Barack Obama ... has personally decided to take on the task of defeating my government and intervening in Venezuela to control it. – Venezuealan President Nicolas Maduro	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Defeating terrorism in Libya can only be achieved through the political and institutional determination of a united Libyan government, which will need the strong and unequivocal support from the international community in confronting the myriad challenges facing Libya. – Bernardino Leon	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's a strategy to try and upset the people and turn them to extremes, to destabilize the country, but the people are defeating it in the street, and the government is working in the street. – President Nicolas Maduro	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The relationship between Dr. Ghani and Dr. Abdullah is smooth and they are on the same page when it comes to making the choices, whoever is chosen has to be accountable to the president and work with the president every day, so if there were differences over the choice of officials, the government just couldn't function, and that would be self-defeating. – Nazifullah Salarzai	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I've got grave concerns that ... the plan he's put in place is not going to accomplish the goal of defeating and destroying ISIL. – John Boehner	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There are a lot of ways an oppressed people can rise. One way to rise is to study, to be smarter than your oppressor. The concept of rising against oppression through physical contact is stupid and self-defeating. It exalts brawn over brain. And the most enduring contributions made to civilization have not been made by brawn, they have been made by brain. – Benjamin Hooks	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party. – James Fenimore Cooper	added by anonymous 10 years ago
I think that their flight from and hatred of technology is self-defeating. The Buddha rests quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer of the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain or in the petals of a flower. To think otherwise is to demean the Buddha--which is to demean oneself. – Robert M. Pursig, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"	added by anonymous 13 years ago
I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. They told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, I was deprived. Then they told me underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don't have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary. – Jules Feiffer	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Defeating Islamic terrorists, shrinking government, growing the economy -- these are the issues that matter most, these are the issues that matter most. Instead we're debating social issues like abortion and gay rights. They are a distraction, and will only help elect Hillary.

– George Pataki

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Our Defense Department has grown larger but less capable, more complex but less innovative, more proficient at defeating low-tech adversaries but more vulnerable to high-tech ones.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

They have always made plots against Uganda, we're always on the alert and we'll keep defeating their plot.

– Paddy Ankunda

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

ISIL must be defeated in both Iraq and Syria ... defeating ISIL ultimately lies with local forces and we are helping to create effective ground forces in Syria, as well as in Iraq, so they can take the fight to ISIL.

– Defence Minister Michael Fallon

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This notion that accountability can wait because peace has to come first is just an inherently flawed and self-defeating notion.

– Samantha Power

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

No one can ever win by defeating someone; you only win by letting someone win.

– Debasish Mridha, M.D.

added by anonymous
9 years ago

President Barack Obama ... has personally decided to take on the task of defeating my government and intervening in Venezuela to control it.

– Venezuealan President Nicolas Maduro

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Defeating terrorism in Libya can only be achieved through the political and institutional determination of a united Libyan government, which will need the strong and unequivocal support from the international community in confronting the myriad challenges facing Libya.

– Bernardino Leon

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's a strategy to try and upset the people and turn them to extremes, to destabilize the country, but the people are defeating it in the street, and the government is working in the street.

– President Nicolas Maduro

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The relationship between Dr. Ghani and Dr. Abdullah is smooth and they are on the same page when it comes to making the choices, whoever is chosen has to be accountable to the president and work with the president every day, so if there were differences over the choice of officials, the government just couldn't function, and that would be self-defeating.

– Nazifullah Salarzai

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I've got grave concerns that ... the plan he's put in place is not going to accomplish the goal of defeating and destroying ISIL.

– John Boehner

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There are a lot of ways an oppressed people can rise. One way to rise is to study, to be smarter than your oppressor. The concept of rising against oppression through physical contact is stupid and self-defeating. It exalts brawn over brain. And the most enduring contributions made to civilization have not been made by brawn, they have been made by brain.

– Benjamin Hooks

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.

– James Fenimore Cooper

added by anonymous
10 years ago

I think that their flight from and hatred of technology is self-defeating. The Buddha rests quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer of the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain or in the petals of a flower. To think otherwise is to demean the Buddha--which is to demean oneself.

– Robert M. Pursig, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

added by anonymous
13 years ago

I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. They told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, I was deprived. Then they told me underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don't have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.

– Jules Feiffer

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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