Basic principles Quote by Ayn Rand

You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.

— Jamie Dimon

Compromise for compromise sake is never good, unless it is grounded in principles.

— Pramila Jayapal

Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Compromise" is so often used in a bad sense that it is difficult to remember that properly it merely describes the process of reaching…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is…

— Charles Handy

It's not that I'm not willing to compromise. But I won't compromise on principles.

— Ann Marie Buerkle

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

The fact is, you never compromise on principles. If people on the far Left, they have a principle to stand by, they should never…

— Richard Mourdock

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is…

— Andrew Carnegie

The opposite of compromise is not integrity. The opposite of compromise is not idealism. The opposite of compromise is fanaticism and death.

— Amos Oz

Compromise today is too often applauded simply for itself. The cost of compromise to principles and real lives doesn't seem to matter.

— Elizabeth Edwards

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

— Larry Wall