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- Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought… — Ambrose Bierce
- The greatest of all the Sioux in my time, or in any time for that matter, was that wonderful old fighting man,… — Buffalo Bill
- The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Capitalism is an art form, an Apollonian fabrication to rival nature. It is hypocritical for feminists and intellectuals to enjoy the pleasures… — Camille Paglia
- Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due. — Justinian I
- They proclaim that every man is entitled to exist without labor and, the laws of reality to the contrary notwithstanding, is entitled… — Ayn Rand
- The sage honors his part of the settlement, but does not exact his due from others. — Laozi
- The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. It is… — William Booth
- Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can only be sustained by a spirit of… — Reinhold Niebuhr
- Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a… — Sheri S. Tepper
- Justice is a habit (habitus), whereby a man renders to each one his due with constant and perpetual will. — Josef Pieper