Mitch McConnell Quotes

One of the ways usually that you build a bipartisan agreement is one side gives up a little, and the other side gives up a little.

When I say compromise I do not mean capitulation. When I say compromise I definitely do not mean what Jesus Christ meant when he offered us to turn our other cheek to our enemies. Compromise means, try to meet the other somewhere half-way. And, this can only happen if the other is willing to go half-way in order to meet you. That is the very strict line between compromise and capitulation.

Compromise is moving in the right directlon more slowly than one might like.

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

Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.

It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.

If you have a coalition, you must have a little give.

All legislation is founded upon the principle of mutual concession.

Compromise, compromise and compromise.

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

Negotiation or Compromise can get you beat.

We've seen, in Washington, both sides say they don't want to give up much of anything.

Negotiation is often described as the art of letting the other side have your way. You have to give the other side a chance to put stuff on the table voluntarily.

When you show no willingness to compromise, then nothing ever happens.

Bargaining is a repulsive habit; compromise is one of the highest human virtues - the difference between the two being that the first is practised on the Continent, the latter in Great Britain.

Living is a compromise, between doing what you want and doing what other people want.

When you put emphasis on compromise rather than on principle, you end up with 2/3 of the principles being implemented.

Compromise is a skill, and like all skills it atrophies from lack of use.

There is nothing wrong with compromising. Even if you compromise almost everything.

Compromise is when you do what I tell you and I do what I want. ~Tiny Cooper

To negotiate is not to do as one likes.

A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.

But we have to find ways of compromising when we disagree on something. You know what compromise is, right?" "Uh-huh. It's when you don't get to have everything your way and I don't get to have everything my way, and no one's happy.

I'm a great believer in compromises. I do not believe in capitulation.

I'm a great believer in compromise. I know it's not popular among young idealists. Compromise is not popular. It's not at all popular among young people who these days call themselves "activists." They think compromises are dishonest, opportunistic, humiliating. Not in my vocabulary. In my vocabulary, the word "compromise" is synonymous to the word "life".