Quotes about Compromise
Let's face it. Our ass is in a crack. We're gonna have to let this nigger bill pass. [Said to Senator John Stennis (D-MS) during debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1957]
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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— Samuel Johnson
I agree with you, that in Politicks the Middle Way is none at all.
— John Adams
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
— Cicero
The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten.
— Mark Twain
Each party should gain from the negotiation.
— Dale Carnegie
A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
— Mahatma Gandhi
You can disagree without being disagreeable.
— Zig Ziglar
If we [are to] reach a situation of true peace, real peace, peace for generations, we will have to make painful concessions. Not in exchange for promises, but rather in exchange for peace.
— Ariel Sharon
If you must compromise, compromise up.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don't change.
— Jane Goodall
The person with the question needed something and they got it. The person with the answer was doing something else and had to stop. That's rarely a fair trade.
— Jason Fried