“A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.”

— Richard Nixon

1969 note to self, as quoted in Nixon (1987) by Stephen E. Ambrose, p. 284
1960s
Variant: A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

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