For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the position left to him.

quote by Gustav Stresemann
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To A Captious Critic

Dear critic, who my lightness so deplores,
Would I might study to be prince of bores,
Right wisely would I rule that dull estate--
But, sir, I may not, till you abdicate.

poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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That is why with enormous regret I have tendered my resignation to the prime minister today.

quote by David Blunkett
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The rumor that the state of my health will necessitate my resignation is entirely unfounded.

quote by Frederick W. Borden
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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.

quote by Marlene Dietrich
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I submit to you, Mr. President of Congress, my formal resignation as president of the republic.

quote by Alberto Fujimori
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Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.

quote by Groucho Marx
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Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions.

quote by Stephen Ambrose
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I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the wrong light to the entire world because they will say that I could have prevented it.

quote by Wallis Simpson
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The death of JFK to the resignation of Richard Nixon marked a great turning point in American life.

quote by Pierre Salinger
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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.

quote by W. Somerset Maugham
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Denounce me for advocating freedom if you can, and I will bear your curse with a better resignation.

quote by Victoria Woodhull
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Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.

quote by Herbert Marshall McLuhan
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A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.

quote by Salmon P. Chase
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All Americans value the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and I believe this is essential for our continued way of life. But with this freedom comes responsibility. That responsibility has been abdicated here by some in the media and some in the government.

quote by Steven Hatfill
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I was thinking of resigning since I did not want to be perceived as a man who did the president's bidding to save my job. I have had some time to think about it since. I think I did the right thing.

quote by Robert Bork
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A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club and my resignation was, finally, a forced one.

quote by David R. Brower
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Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human material. It finds it hard to endure the feeling that it must resign itself to passive acceptance of changes introduced from above.

classic quote by Czeslaw Milosz
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Vowed To Abdicate the Throne

He has vowed!
Yes.
Vowed to abdicate the throne!
He alone has grown tired,
And is heard moaning there...
As he groans!

He needs to unplug from this stall.
And release his opposition.
He is stagnated in a position,
That brings a grief to all that has shown.
The frequency of his zeal...
Leaves him with little appeal.

Even he has lost desire...
To strike a match to this gas once fired.
A sputtering that had stirred a blaze.
But those days have come to a fade.
And he sits in a daze!
Realizing he has no business to rush.

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.

quote by Pat Robertson
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