Compromise Solutions Quotes

Republicans paint everything that Democrats have been for as socialism, too far to the left, as extreme, and it didn't matter how moderated it was; it didn't matter that Obamacare started out as a compromise. You might as well say what you're actually for and show what you really are.

How is it possible for someone who believes that the world was created in six days to have a rational conversation with me, who doesn't believe that, about other possibilities?

Legislation is a matter of more or less intelligent improvisation aiming at palliating conditions by means of patchwork policies.

I believe the BJP should respect each and every political party, and the BJP should evaluate and consider each party's relevance in Indian politics and then formulate its own strategy.

One of the great privileges of being a part of the Senate, it being the greatest deliberative body in the world, is out of the discussions of ideas, hopefully truth can ultimately be achieved.

Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.

One of the problems the Republican Party has had is that we're too fast to compromise. You can compromise on the little stuff, but you can't compromise on your core principles.

Politics is compromise.

I'm a typical Maryland legislator. I've voted both ways on the issue.

Politics is compromise, by its very nature. But we never compromise on our values and beliefs.

I have to make a lot of decisions that aren't in the best interests of individuals, whether they be owners, club executives, players.

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

I believe there are a lot of questions today that require expert analysis by various agencies: political agencies, foreign ministries, economic agencies and security agencies. We need to assess everything and understand what we can agree on and what the implications will be both for Japan and for Russia so that both the Russian people and the Japanese people come to the conclusion that these compromise solutions are acceptable and are in our countries' interests.

The art of the compromise, which was the art of politics, is no longer valid. Compromise needs to be between citizens, not between Republicans and Democrats.

so long as it promises to exclude some greater possible evils.

I've yet to see an example of somebody standing up to Donald Trump and suggesting policy initiatives and him embracing them yet. It's not happening at scale.

Every product you have ever loved was a compromise from the ideal vision of its creators to the realities of shipping on time, on budget, and on price point. Anyone who has ever manufactured a physical product that had to be on the shelves for Christmas shopping knows how painful these choices can be.

I don't like compromise. In politics, you have to always choose a compromise, and sometimes, that, I don't like.

If you have to compromise, be sure to compromise up.

I never heard the word 'compromise' used. So I'm starting to believe that these terms only come into play to try and force Republicans to do what the Democrats want.

We don't give up on our values, but we better be sensitive, too, that there are people with more moderate views and people who may disagree with some parts of the Democratic platform as they are presented.

In politics, you have to compromise from morning to evening. Democracy is the art of compromise.

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

Most people want a normal centrist approach. But politicians in the center have to show them results.

The idea that there is one kind of African is, of course, ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you are saying public health is the priority, not roads. Of course they are right to press for that issue, but so are we right, I believe, to argue, for example, that millions of children could and should be vaccinated.