Compromise Quotes

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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 said,… — Andrew Carnegie
I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle. — Andrew Carnegie
Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent. — Jimmy Carter
Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf;… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I don't compromise my principles for politics. — Chris Christie
We believe - we believe that, if we tell the people the truth, that they will act bigger than the pettiness we see in Washington,… — Chris Christie
My father ran for Congress in 2004, and I got a sense that there is no way to achieve much success without a certain amount… — George Clooney
Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes. — Tom Cochrane
There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it. — A. K. Antony
If a sect does officially insist that its structure of belief demands that evolution be false, then no compromise is possible. An honest and competent… — George Gaylord Simpson
We godless lack that certainty, and we know the world is a complex place that requires compromise and is not ruled by a moral force… — PZ Myers
If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as virtues the earnest saint. It… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
You know what I think about violence. For me it is profoundly moral -more moral than compromises and transactions. — Benito Mussolini
Forget not that the grossest crime is to compromise with injustice and wrong. Remember the eternal law: you must give, if you want to get. — Subhas Chandra Bose
Making coffee has become the great compromise of the decade. It's the only thing "real" men do that doesn't seem to threaten their masculinity. To… — Erma Bombeck
Let there be no compromise on the question of extending slavery. If there be, all our labor is lost, and, ere long, must be done… — Abraham Lincoln
I say now, however, as I have all the while said, that on the territorial question - that is, the question of extending slavery under… — Abraham Lincoln
We build character in order for us to withstand the rigors of combat and resist the temptations to compromise our principles in peacetime. We must… — Glen E. Morrell
Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence. — Winston Churchill
We must never despair; our situation has been compromising before, and it has changed for the better; so I trust it will again. If difficulties… — George Washington

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