Yanis Varoufakis Quotes

It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man.

It's not that I'm not willing to compromise. But I won't compromise on principles.

You have to stand and fight for what you believe.

You don't win a fight by the size and the weight.

Compromise for compromise sake is never good, unless it is grounded in principles.

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

You mustn't compromise your principles, but you mustn't humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.

Just remember, strength and courage. If you stand on principle, you'll never lose.

I'm never argumentative for the sake of being argumentative, I don't think. And more than ever, I've had to be willing to fight just to get records released, or just to be able to walk away with a little bit of self-respect and pride.

I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the tiresomeness and stubbornness by giving me what I want.

We discovered that peace at any price is no peace at all.

We are going by you without fighting if you will let us, but we are going by you anyhow!

I am not capitulating.

I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

You can't twist Al Sharpton's arm.

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.

I've always said there is a boulevard that exists between compromising your principles and getting everything you want. Now, we should never compromise our principles. And I never have. Those are the things that people vote for you on, that's the core of who you are. But there's always a boulevard between that and getting everything you want.

You have to pick your battles on set.

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

We want peace, but not at any price.

I can't really fight.

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.