Quotes with compromise

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  • Blake Farenthold One of the problems the Republican Party has had is that we're too fast to compromise. You can compromise on the little stuff, but you can't compromise on your core principles.
    Blake Farenthold
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Bertrand Russell Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible; but the world of pure reason ;knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Anna Lindh Terrorism can never be accepted. We must fight it together, with methods that do not compromise our respect for the rule of law and human rights, or are used as an excuse for others to do so.
    Anna Lindh
    Swedish Social Democratic politician (1957 - 2003)
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  • Angela Merkel That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Arthur Bloch The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.
    Arthur Bloch
    American writer, author of the Murphy's Law books (1948 - )
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  • Charles Swindoll The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
    Charles Swindoll
    American Pastor, writer
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  • Enid Bagnold The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.
    Enid Bagnold
    British writer, playwright (1889 - 1981)
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  • Bjarne Stroustrup This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.
    Bjarne Stroustrup
    Danish computer scientist (1950 - )
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  • Samuel Butler Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • A. W. Tozer We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum.
    A. W. Tozer
    American Christian pastor, preacher and author
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  • Bayard Rustin We demand that segregation be ended in every school district in the year 1963! We demand that we have effective civil rights legislation - no compromise, no filibuster - and that include public accommodations, decent housing, integrated education, FEPC and the right to vote.
    Bayard Rustin
    American activist (1912 - 1987)
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  • Ariel Sharon We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.
    Ariel Sharon
    Israeli general and politician (1928 - 2014)
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  • John Maynard Keynes When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position.
    The Economic Consequences of the Peace
    John Maynard Keynes
    British economist (1883 - 1946)
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  • Robert Green Ingersoll When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.
    Robert Green Ingersoll
    American lawyer, a Civil War veteran and politician (1833 - 1899)
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  • Beau Willimon When you have both parties who will not find ways to compromise, who won't meet in the middle, you have paralysis. It's the perversion of idealism.
    Beau Willimon
    American playwright and screenwriter (1977 - )
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  • Bob Ainsworth You have to make the compromise: resign, stay out of the government, and you can say what you like... but no one has to do anything about it.
    Bob Ainsworth
    British Labour Party politician (1952 - )
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  • John Ruskin You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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