On the recordAugust 2, 2009
Victory has 1,000 fathers. Defeat is an orphan.
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transcripts.cnn.comDavid Walker: “Victory has 1,000 fathers. Defeat is an orphan.”
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Walker uses a political adage to illustrate how successes are often claimed by many, while failures are not.
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