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Compromise Quotes
CompromiseFundamentalsIntegrityPrinciple All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.
ClarityCompromiseHarmonyLegislationRecognition A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'
CommitmentCompromiseGenerositySacrifice This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves.
CompromiseLibertyOrderSacrificeSociety Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Bipartisan CooperationCompromiseDecision MakingGovernanceUnity The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, isn't that wonderful?'
CompromiseLoveMarriagePartnershipRelationships In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.
AmbitionAuthenticityCompromiseRegretSelf-awareness I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don't even know when you're being compromised till after the fact, and that's what you regret.
CompromiseConsensusProgress But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.
CompromiseFaithInner ConflictMoralityPersonal Happiness Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long as it prolongs one's well-being.
CompromiseGovernanceNegotiation All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
CompromiseCooperationMaturityResponsibility We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway.
CompromiseDifferenceMarriagePartnership Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
CompromisePersonal GrowthPhilosophyToleranceWisdom Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.
BalanceCompromiseImperfectionPerfectionPrinciple A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
CompromiseConvictionDemocracyFiscal PolicyLeadership No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.