Prevail Quotes

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
Thomas Jefferson

Mind, Law, Rights

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.
Mark Twain

Truth, Nothing, Wrong

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
George Washington

Religion, Experience, Reason

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
Samuel Adams

Men, Freedom, Rather

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.
George Washington

Truth, Light, Bring

We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.
Maya Angelou

Alone, Ignorance, Survive

I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after.
Cat Stevens

Good, Live, End

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
Lech Walesa

Bitterness, Possible, Mood

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.
Samuel Adams

Rather, Minds, Majority

If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Francis Quarles

Love, God, Strength

The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.
Helen Hayes

Life, Good, Confused

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.
George W. Bush

Peace, Freedom, Fail

The truth does not require a majority to prevail, ladies and gentlemen. The truth is its own power. The truth will out. Never forget that.
Rush Limbaugh

Power, Truth, Forget

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
Jimmy Carter

Hate, Lives, Christ

What is at a peak is certain to decline. He who shows his hand will surely be defeated. He who can prevail in battle by taking advantage of his enemy's doubts is invincible.
Cao Cao

Enemy, Battle, Hand

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
Sophocles

Wise, Thinkers, Everywhere

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.
Charles Caleb Colton

Hell, Earth, Heaven

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.
Jimmy Carter

Love, Peace, Nature

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.
Jimmy Carter

Good, Special, Decisions

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
Walter Scott

Won, Tree, Fruit

The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation.
Jeff Cooper

Important, Survive, Answer

The tones of gray, pale turquoise and pink will prevail.
Christian Dior

Pink, Gray, Pale

I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do, destiny hasn't been kind to us; but, with the help of God, we will prevail.
Alija Izetbegovic

God, Truth, Help

I haven't given up on the possibility that sweet reason will prevail.
John Bolton

When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.
Pearl S. Buck

Good, Men, Struggle

They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.
Imelda Marcos

Truth, Mean, Used

As an American, I want our forces to prevail.
George McGovern

American, Forces

I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail.
Ehud Olmert

The contrasts between what is spent today to educate a child in the poorest New York City neighborhoods, where teacher salaries are often even lower than the city averages, and spending levels in the wealthiest suburban areas are daunting challenges to any hope New Yorkers might retain that even semblances of fairness still prevail.
Jonathan Kozol

Hope, Teacher, Today

We march and fight, to death or on to victory. Our might is right, no traitors shall prevail. Our hearts are steeled against the fiery gates of hell. No shot or shell, can still our mighty song.
George Lincoln Rockwell

Death, Fight, Hell

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