Quotes About Compromise

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The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

It is easier to make war than peace.

Without someone to set the pendulum's swing, we wouldn't know where to find the middle. None of us in the business of making changes gets everything we want, the extremists allow us to look like moderates and to go after changes that will make a difference.

When two sides to an issue become adversaries, cooperation is lost. The result is gridlock. Time and effort and energy are consumed that are desperately needed elsewhere.

I am divided between my man and a life with him---and some thing of the outdoors---of your world---that is in my blood---and that I know I will never get rid of--- I have to get along with my divided self the best way I can---

I thought we were going to have chops,' complained Larry aggrievedly. 'I spent all morning getting my taste buds on tiptoe with the thought of chops. What happened to them?' 'I'm afraid it's the owls, dear,' said Mother apologetically. 'They have such huge appetites.' Larry paused, a spoonful of curry halfway to his mouth.

Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.

Love cannot accept what it is. Everywhere on earth it cries out against kindness, compassion, intelligence, everything that leads to compromise. Love demands the impossible, the absolute, the sky on fire, inexhaustible springtime, life after death, and death itself transfigured into eternal life.

Most people sell their souls and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.

Money and women. They're the two strongest things in the world. There are things you do for a woman you wouldn't do for anything else. Same with money.

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.

Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness.

The English never draw a line without blurring it.

Party honesty is party expediency.

Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out of bed, half the problems of bed are solved.

When everything has to be right, something isn't.

Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice.

If I believe in something, I will fight for it with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing. Professional liberals want the fiery debate. They glory in defeat. The hardest job for a politician today is to have the courage to be a moderate. It's easy to take an extreme position.

He is a pragmatist. He is not right wing, nor left wing, nor any wing.

Politics is a field where action is one long second best and where the choice constantly lies between two blunders.