419 Quotes About Compromise

He cultivated ideological fuzziness.

The politics of the possible was being replaced by the politics of purity.

The Constitution was intended less to resolve arguments than to make argument itself the solution.

She takes after Laura in that respect: the same tendency towards absolutism, the same refusal to compromise, the same scorn for the grosser human failings. To get away with that, you have to be beautiful. Otherwise it seems mere peevishness.

Sometimes, when you are really attached to an ideal, it is just not possible to compromise.

Battlefields are unpredictable places – even under a flag of truce.

This was my first real lesson in politics… If you are cast on a desert island with only a screwdriver, hatchet, and the chisel to make a boat with, why, go and make the best one you can. It would be better if you had a saw, but you haven't, so with men.

The heart of compromise is the willingness of all parties to sacrifice reciprocally and equally for the greater good of a relationship. Reconciling conflicting needs for the sake of unity can't work if just one person does it. A coerced compromise, when one partner deceives or overpowers the other without allowing room for shared truths, usually results in an empty agreement that's soon undermined by unilateral acting out.

Jag tror mycket på att kompromissa. Jag vet att ordet kompromiss har ett förfärligt rykte i ideologiska kretsar i Europa. Kompromissen stinker, kompromissen är ohederlig.Så är det inte i min värld. I min värld är kompromiss synonymt med ordet liv. Och där det finns liv finns det kompromisser. Motsatsen till kompromiss är inte integritet, inte idealism, inte målmedvetenhet eller hängivenhet. Motsatsen till kompromiss är fanatism och död.