United States Defeated

Famous quotes containing the words united states, united, states and/or defeated:

“The real charm of the United States is that it is the only comic country ever heard of.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)

“Madam, I may be President of the United States, but my private life is nobody’s damn business.”
—Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886)

“The city of Washington is in some respects self-contained, and it is easy there to forget what the rest of the United States is thinking about. I count it a fortunate circumstance that almost all the windows of the White House and its offices open upon unoccupied spaces that stretch to the banks of the Potomac ... and that as I sit there I can constantly forget Washington and remember the United States.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

“He who succeeds is a king; he who is defeated is a bandit.”
—Chinese proverb.