John Adams Quotes

Compromise, compromise and compromise.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

Compromise is an underrated virtue. The world is awash with dead people because politicians would not compromise.

All legislation is founded upon the principle of mutual concession.

We need a lot more respect in this country for compromise…. There is in compromise a lot of integrity, especially political integrity.

If you can’t learn to compromise an issue without compromising yourself then you better not be a legislator and you better not marry.

Legislation is the art of compromise.

Consensus is the essence of the legislative process.

I've never believed in seeking perfection at the risk of losing everything.

I see the necessity of sacrificing our opinions sometimes to the opinions of others for the sake of harmony.

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.

Politics is compromise.

If someone is not happy with one thing we either tweak it until they're happy with it. We all know where that line is, where you have to be three hands up.

I am willing ... when I cannot get all I wish, to take what I can get.

All legislation of any consequence is a compromise. You have to recognize that.

Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise.

I never place myself mentally in the position of compromising principle and conscience. But there are times when I might harmonize differences in order to make progress, or maintain unity.

You don't compromise principles, but you harmonize tactics to preserve unity.

The Congress is the place where ordinary mortals go about the business of compromise—of compromise that gets us through the day.

Bipartisanship means you work together to work it out.

Ultimately, peace depends on compromise.

Strong men know when to compromise.

The art of compromise centers on the willingness to give up something in order to get something else in return.