Riders Defeated

Famous quotes containing the words riders and/or defeated:

    Good swimmers drown and good riders get thrown.
    Chinese proverb.

    If I am defeated for the next nomination, I think it will be by [Charles Evans] Hughes. And I don’t think he will allow his name to be used unless he really feels that I have no chance to win. I do not think Theodore Roosevelt will allow his name to come before the convention.
    William Howard Taft (1857–1930)