"The yielding of the weak is the concession…" — Edmund Burke

More Concession Quotes

This quote is filed under Concession Quotes, one of 37 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious. — Emile M. Cioran
• The most amazing thing I've ever seen was Jay Johnstone, in uniform, in line at a concession stand in Dodger… — Unknown Author
• To obtain a just compromise, concession must not only mutual-it must be equal also....There can be no hope that either… — John Marshall
• Do you know that the ready concession of minor points is a part of the grace of life? — Unknown Author
• As for cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution… — Peter Singer
• The indigenous peoples understand that they have to recover their cultural identity, or to live it if they have already… — Samuel Ruiz
• It is superfluous to try by the standards of theory, a part of the constitution which is allowed on all… — James Madison
• I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone… — Tim Robbins
• Everyone must concede that there is in existence something wiser than himself. Now there is a challenge, there is a… — Vernon Howard
• You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that… — Anthony Eden
• Meetings are by definition a concession to a deficient organization. For one either meets or one works. One cannot do… — Peter Drucker
• But even if ego-death is regarded as the optimum model for human existence, one of liberation from ourselves, it still… — Thomas Ligotti

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