Politics is compromise.

“Unless and until people identify themselves with the country, its territory and its cultural inheritance – in something like the way people identify themselves…

— Roger Scruton

In politics, you have to compromise from morning to evening. Democracy is the art of compromise.

— Reinhold Messner

“This is possible only if we retain our trust in negotiation and in the sincere desire, among politicians, to compromise with their opponents. Hence…

— Roger Scruton

Politics is compromise, by its very nature. But we never compromise on our values and beliefs.

— DeRay Mckesson

“It may be necessary to make compromises in everyday politics, but we cannot compromise with our conscience.”

— Ludwig Erhard

“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

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

— Edward Davey

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

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

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

— Ludwig Erhard