Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation…

The establishment of our new Government seemed to be the last great experiment for promoting human happiness by reasonable compact in civil society. It…

— George Washington

The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the…

— Robert Toombs

The short lesson that comes out of long experience in political agitation is something like this: all the motive power in all of these…

— John Jay Chapman

It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to the nature…

— Alexander Hamilton

Integrity and firmness is all I can promise; these, be the voyage long or short, never shall forsake me though I be deserted by…

— George Washington

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an…

— George Washington

“Conciliation now would only lead to future war. A negotiated peace rather than a peace dictated by the Allies “would jeopardize the moral position…

— Joseph E. Persico

By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of…

— James G. Frazer

“Hard edges make truth and by necessity, truth is unbending. Unlike truth’s absolutism, justice is a qualitative substance; it is not an absolute tenet.…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon morals and with a warm heart

— Confucius

Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

— Jalal Talabani

There is a point beyond which conciliation looks like capitulation. I do not believe I passed that point, but others have thought otherwise.

— Salman Rushdie

The political process is not tied to any particular doctrine. Genuine political doctrines, rather, are the attempt to find particular and workable solutions to…

— Bernard Crick

Since the business of politics is the conciliation of differing interests, justice must not merely be done, but to be seen to be done.

— Bernard Crick

Many people today agree that we need to reduce violence in our society. If we are truly serious about this, we must deal with…

— Anonymous