Political Defeat
The Recruit scandal forced Takeshita to resign in 1989.
Although Takeshita was accused of insider trading and corruption, he was never charged and was able to retain his seat in the Diet until shortly before his death.
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Famous quotes containing the words political and/or defeat:
“Generally speaking, the political news, whether domestic or foreign, might be written today for the next ten years with sufficient accuracy. Most revolutions in society have not power to interest, still less alarm us; but tell me that our rivers are drying up, or the genus pine dying out in the country, and I might attend.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“In defeat unbeatable: in victory unbearable.”
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965)