All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.
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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.
A compromise is but an act of Congress. It may be overruled at any time. It gives us no security. But the Constitution is stable. It is a rock.
Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.
Compromise has a negative connotation.
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.
You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.
Politics is compromise.
To compromise simply means that you go a tiny bit below what you know is right.
Sometimes compromise is painful.
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