It was in Spain that [my generation] learned that one can be right and yet be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit, that there are times when courage is not its own recompense. It is this, doubtless, which explains why so many, the world over, feel the Spanish drama as a personal tragedy.

Abu Mazen understands that it is impossible to vanquish Israel by means of terrorism.

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.

Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil.

Remember, that of all the elements that comprise a human being, the most important, the most essential, the one that will sustain, transcend, overcome and vanquish obstacles is - Spirit!

My greatest desire is that the hope that has overcome fear in my country will help vanquish it around the world.