Compromise Quotes

It's important to work through things in a relationship. You can't just give up because you're frustrated. It's most important to talk things through together. And that, for me, has been the way I've best resolved problems in the past.

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs.

In any area of the U.N. we... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but that can be accepted by everyone.

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable, the art of the next best.

Liberalism: To let things slide for the sake of peace and friendship when a person has clearly gone wrong, and refrain from principled argument because he is an old acquaintance, a fellow townsman, a schoolmate, a close friend, a loved one, an old colleague or old subordinate. Or to touch on the matter lightly instead of going into it thoroughly, so as to keep on good terms. The result is that both the organization and the individual are harmed.

The essence of liberalism is negotiation, a cautious half measure, in the hope that the definitive dispute, the decisive bloody battle, can be transformed into a parliamentary debate and permit the decision to be suspended forever in an everlasting discussion.

An enemy will agree, but a friend will argue.

At times we used questionable means to achieve our noble ends.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

Everything has its price - and if that price is not paid, not that thing but something else is obtained... it is impossible to get anything without this price.

You can't please everyone, and you can't make everyone like you.

I'm always being accused of being a Hollywood Republican, but I'm not! I have just as many Democratic ideas as Republican ones. If they could build three fewer bombs every month and give the money to foster care, that would be great.

The best is the enemy of the good.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

The House Republicans are not the enemy, they’re the opposition. The Senate is the enemy.

In a land where so many have a right to air their opinions and where so many interest are bound to collide and have to be reconciled, unanimity can hardly be expected. We were agreed on the evils but differed on the remedies, and amidst this contention of parties, the very zeal and energy of the best citizens became damaging to the public interest.

Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonour. They chose dishonour. They will have war.

Marriage isn't about a collection of scenes over ten years of two people telling each other that they love each other. It's about commitment.

Indiscriminate pursuit of perfection infallibly leads to mediocrity.

Relationships are hard, so you have to know what type of man you want by your side and what their values are, what is important in his life.

That, however, is - mediocrity, though it be called moderation.

Diplomacy is the art of letting somebody else have your way.