Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.
Madeleine M. Kunin
Related Other countries don't compromise their principles for other people. We should not compromise. BILL LAWRENCE The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness,... ANDREW CARNEGIE Cultural synthesis is how a compromise between various opinions is worked out. But truth does not ch... DAVID NOVAK Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will... CHARLES HORTON COOLEY You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when... JAMIE DIMON The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an a... CHARLES HANDY The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an ad... CHARLES HANDY One can always compromise on strategy but never on principles. JAIME CONTRERAS The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an a... ANDREW CARNEGIE This is definitely a compromise solution. BRUCE REZNIK I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethi... PETER SINGER I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them. ALAN SUGAR Like all settlements it's a compromise, but it's a good deal all round -- it is the best solution fo... ANTOINE COLONNA Peace won by the compromise of principles is a short-lived achievement. SOURCE UNKNOWN Peace won by the compromise of principles is a short-lived achievement. We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to c... LARRY WALL Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval. THOMAS S. MONSON Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale co... H. RAP BROWN The achievement of maturity, psychologically speaking, might be said to be the realization and accep... PAUL MURRAY You can cooperate and not compromise your core values. But I'm a realist with the philosophy tha... JASON T. SMITH They absolutely don't have to compromise. There will always be a solution. BARBARA GRIGAS Looking for the positive does not necessarily mean overlooking faults. being a positive thinker does... SHIV KHERA I'm not against working out. It's just not effective for weight loss. I like strength traini... JORGE CRUISE Of course heaven forbids certain pleasures, but one finds means of compromise. MOLIERE We have been working on a compromise for months and today we were able to hammer out one that will b... BOB STATON I have to say when a man lives for himself, it's hard to live with him. That's pretty much t... JOHN MELLENCAMP Any agreement requires a compromise, and compromise means you have to trust the other side to follow... CHU SHULONG To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR I will, from this day strive to forge togetherness out of our differences. JOSEFA ILOILO Never compromise your principles, even if it leads to difficulties in the short term. ALAN CASDEN Contrary to popular opinion, leaders aren’t created out of fame. Fame is just a shadow. When you e... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm ... T BONE BURNETT Russia and Ukraine should as quickly as possible find a sustainable compromise which does not affect... THOMAS STEG But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn't do it. The best... JIMMY PAGE Genuine tolerance does not mean ignoring differences as if differences made no difference. Genuine t... RICHARD JOHN NEUHAUS I stand on moral principles, not popular opinion. JAIME CONTRERAS Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell... PAUL KAGAME If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self.... HALIMA ADEN With this compromise solution, the needle of suspicion against the Congress party becomes stronger. ARUN JAITELY Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of di... JAMES SUROWIECKI I don't know what compassionate conservative means. Does it mean cutting kids out of after school pr... SENATOR JOHN KERRY It's tempting to engage in anti-gun polemics and hope that popular opinion will dramatically shi... ADAM COHEN Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in ... MIKE LEIGH It's literally, if I'm not working out, I eat the whole time I'm not working out. It'... J. J. WATT If it's a good song and it fits me, that's what I'm going to do, I'm not out there t... GEORGE STRAIT We believe - we believe that, if we tell the people the truth, that they will act bigger than the pe... CHRIS CHRISTIE Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure. FRAN LEBOWITZ Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step -- it is an old business procedure. FRAN LEBOWITZ This is the kind of legislation which will not satisfy either side, and because it does not satisfy ... BARBARA HELFFERICH Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from ... PAUL TOURNIER Either get out of bed or else take your clothes off," he said. "I'm not in the mood to compromise. JANET EVANOVICH In a relationship, when does the art of compromise become compromising? SARAH JESSICA PARKER Think different does not mean to think out of the box. It means to question what the significance of... PRIYAVRAT GUPTA But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn't do it. The best com... JIMMY PAGE Our Heavenly Father is pleased when we don't compromise our faith and principles in times of des... DAVID GREEN Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving t... DALAI LAMA XIV You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married." "I... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS Never once have Democrats benefited from attempts at reasonableness and compromise and accommodation... JIM JORDAN If you ask me to compromise on principle, I will get out the veto pen. BILL OWENS A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart. GEORGE JEAN NATHAN Everyone's marriage is different. But everyone's marriage is a compromise. ARIEL LEVY Let us be clear, the proposal before the General Assembly is the fruit of compromise. It cannot be a... LOUISE ARBOUR You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise. ALAIN PROST More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency. PETER SINGER We are committed to working with the union to find a reasonable compromise even for the dismissed em... ERIC BORN The permanent revolution, in the sense which Marx attached to this concept, means a revolution which... LEON TROTSKY You can compromise between good, better, and best, and you can compromise between bad and worse and ... GARY ACKERMAN Quite often, while I'm getting up in the morning, I think my warranty is running out on these bo... JOHN GLENN The revolution is carried out by means of one's thought, not through one's family background... KIM JONG IL In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been wi... DOUGLAS ADAMS The Senate compromise may have fallen apart, but not everything is lost. The only way we're going to... JOSE LAGOS There's still work to be completed right at the junction of phase one and two, which could compromis... BOB WEIR This does show a willingness by both parties to compromise. It is encouraging. FRED ZERZA Contrary to public opinion,the West Is not saturated business wise,but if one can think uniquely & v... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try t... CLAIRE MCCASKILL I chose to be a working wife and mother. Why should I compromise on either? CHANDA KOCHHAR Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism: it's not the kind of... JAMES HANSEN And each of these perspectives comes to the same conclusion, which is that our global economy is out... DAVID KORTEN Even married people have differences of opinion, I'm told. GINGER ROGERS The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into acc... VLADIMIR PUTIN Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the stand... JOHN KEEGAN Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that c... EMANUEL CLEAVER Even the most reasonable person wants to have an issue of which they refuse to compromise. TROY J. GAINEY I don't look forward to a time when every politician, every legislator goes to Washington absolu... LLOYD BLANKFEIN I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be co... ANDREW CARNEGIE The message that President Obama delivered in his speech at Notre Dame was: morality is immoral. Pro... RUSH LIMBAUGH There's going to be no compromise on repealing Obamacare lock, stock and barrel. MIKE PENCE I'll admit, sometimes I've paid the bills with acting. You know the phrase, 'It's on... PADDY CONSIDINE Let him who elevates himself above humanity . . . say, if he pleases, "I will never compromise"; but... HENRY CLAY My real name is Madeleine Wickham, under which I write dramas with an edge of humour. As Sophie Kins... SOPHIE KINSELLA Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a lo... WILLIAM TEMPLE The church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; i... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Love is a compromise for only getting to be one person. CATHERINE LACEY Physicians can be reassured that providing both these drugs at the same time does not compromise pat... MITCHELL LEVY My painting is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees o... RENE MAGRITTE Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine mus... B. R. AMBEDKAR Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval. THOMAS S. MONSON We need to compromise and Scott has put together the best compromise that I have ever heard. COUNCILOR DAVID CYR When you have both parties who will not find ways to compromise, who won't meet in the middle, y... BEAU WILLIMON He was uniformly of an opinion which, though not a popular one, he was ready to aver, that the right... CHARLES JAMES FOX
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I wanna stop my life and die.
But instead i just close my eyes,
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