Contests Quotes

• In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

  Abraham Lincoln

  God, Party, Civil War

  "Meditation on the DivineWill," ca. 2 Sept. 1862

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  Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Political Will, Greed, Nerd

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.271, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.

  Samuel Adams

  Religious, Freedom, Religion

  Samuel Adams' Speech delivered at the State House in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, August 1, 1776.

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• I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest.

  Frank Sinatra

  Strong Women, Intelligent, Staring

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  There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Art, Peace, Mean

  Morihei Ueshiba (2005). “The Art of Peace”, p.94, Shambhala Publications

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• We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

  Edward Gibbon

  Life, Success, Winning

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• The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

  Daniel Webster

  Freedom, Political, Age

  Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple (2001). “The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster”, p.385, Beard Books

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• I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.

  Benazir Bhutto

  Pakistan, October, Return

  Interview With Zahid Hussain, newslinemagazine.com. July 2002.

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• You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.

  Rowan Atkinson

  Funny, Sarcastic, Men

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• I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.

  Benazir Bhutto

  Election, Competent

  Interview With Zahid Hussain, newslinemagazine.com. July 2002.

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• I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.

  Al Gore

  Thinking, Personality, Popularity

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• The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

  Al Gore

  Popularity, Presidency, Popularity Contest

  "Gore accepts Democratic nomination 'as my own man'" by Mike Ferullo, www.cnn.com. August 18, 2000.

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• All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Love, Fighting, Men

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• I liked the way they treated the first, second, and third place finishers equally. It was an amazing year. I only entered two song contests this year; I won one and placed second in the other. And I entered each of them a day or two before the deadline.

  Arthur Godfrey

  Song, Years, Two

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• I don't know one of my friends who is considered a conservative who has not had to go back and thoroughly think through everything. You do a lot of soul-searching - 'cause we are not going to win any popularity contests.

  Clarence Thomas

  Friends, Winning, Thinking

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• Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation.

  Norman Mailer

  Hero, Men, Vision

  Norman Mailer (1968). “The idol and the octopus: political writings, on the Kennedy and Johnson administrations”

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• I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.

  Taylor Swift

  Country, Song, Artist

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• I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.

  James A. Garfield

  Men, Events, Doctrine

  Diary entry, March 14, 1881.

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• You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

  Epictetus

  Being Yourself, Issues, Doe

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• Art has never been a popularity contest.

  James Levine

  Art, Popularity, Popularity Contest

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• The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but the stepping-stone to others, larger and more sweeping, till our political contests will become a war of the poor against the rich; a war growing in intensity and bitterness.

  Stephen Johnson Field

  Money, War, Political

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• When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  War, Childhood, Presidential

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• It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.

  Lord Byron

  Time, Giving, Agitation

  "Poet of all the passions" by Fiona MacCarthy, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2002.

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• Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups of selfish individuals.

  E. O. Wilson

  Selfish, Winning, Groups

  "Altruistic groups, selfish people win". Interview with Zinta Lundborg, www.postandcourier.com. May 5, 2012.

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• I opened-up a yogurt, underneath the lid it said, "Please try again." because they were having a contest that I was unaware of. I thought maybe I opened the yogurt wrong. ...Or maybe Yoplait was trying to inspire me... "Come on Mitchell, don't give up!" An inspirational message from your friends at Yoplait, fruit on the bottom, hope on top.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

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