Not every compromise is a conspiracy.

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.

— Ludwig Erhard

“Compromise is like the old joke, “A camel is a horse made by a committee.”

— Chip Heath

“I showed up, shut up, and made it work. But it felt like compromise. And if you ask me, compromise feels like amputation.”

— Tiffany Debartolo

There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility…

— Ehud Barak

"Compromise" means giving up more than the other side is big enough to take; if and when they have the muscle, they'll be back…

— Neal Knox

Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.

— Nicholas Sparks

If you live with a single parent, you don't see compromise. You witness a grown person living in a world where they do what…

— Chris Rock

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Compromise, hell! That's what has happened to us all down the line -- and that's the very cause of our woes. If freedom is…

— Jesse Helms

As a matter of fact, compromise is what oppression feeds on.

— Harry Belafonte

As a politician - particularly as a politician in a coalition - you quickly realise that compromise is a part of the game. But…

— Edward Davey

A lasting relationship consists of the 3 C's: Commitment. Communication. Compromise.

— Nishan Panwar

The human spirit will not invest itself in a compromise.

— Robert Fritz

“Simple answers, reductionist politics, are the most prone to compromise, to saying we’re addressing the essential issue and all that other stuff can slide.…

— Dorothy Allison

Human beings are born solitary, but everywhere they are in chains - daisy chains - of interactivity. Social actions are makeshift forms, often courageous,…

— Andy Warhol