Reaching a Consensus Quotes

We've been sitting at the compromise table for a long time. We're just waiting for that cold chair to be warmed up by the Republican leadership. They still have time to do the right thing and be responsible. They just seem to be moving further and further away from it.

The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line.

Compromise is a stalling between two fools.

I haven't had a chance to talk, but I'm confident we'll get a bill that I can live with if we don't.

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 like the middle of the road; always safer to walk on than the edges.

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

compromise is the work of mature people.

Compromise" is so often used in a bad sense that it is difficult to remember that properly it merely describes the process of reaching an agreement. Naturally there are certain subjects on which no man can compromise. For instance, there must be no compromise under any circumstances with official corruption, and of course no man should hesitate to say as much.