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

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.

I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men.

The fact is, you never compromise on principles. If people on the far Left, they have a principle to stand by, they should never compromise; those of us on the Right should not either.

I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.

I would love nothing more than compromise. But I would say to you that compromise that's not a solution is a waste of time.

You have to make the compromise: resign, stay out of the government, and you can say what you like... but no one has to do anything about it.

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.

To compromise simply means that you go a tiny bit below what you know is right.

I did look for compromise. I worked in a bipartisan way.