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Politics is compromise.

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.

In the legislative arena, especially when the country is closely divided, compromises tend to be the rule the day. But when judges rule this or that policy unconstitutional, there's little room for compromise: One side must win, the other must lose.

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.

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.

You have to compromise all the way. The only thing that counts is the result.

You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not.

Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.

Sometimes compromise is painful.