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"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."
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"The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become."

"The deepest human defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become."

"We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist."

"Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus."

"With Germany herself falling, it is not strange that the nations leagued with her also went down to defeat."

"I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat."
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"So popular is the naval service the only embarrassment is that men volunteer so rapidly we have to work overtime to give them hardy, adequate housing and proper training."

"A man is as old as his arteries and his interests. If he permits his economic, religious, or social arteries to harden, or loses interest in whatever concerns mankind... he will need only six feet of earth."

"Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father."

"To compel the nation with challenge the traditional American doctrine of freedom of the seas, every man and every ship in the navy is solemnly pledged."
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