Quotes About Compromise

IF YOU WISH TO BRING PEACE UPON YOUR OWN, YOU MUST FIGHT THOSE WHO WISH FOR THE SAME PEACE.

The problem with many believers today is that they try to cooperate with the world

It is far easier to make war than peace.

We must fight terrorism as if there's no peace process and work to achieve peace as if there's no terror.

Much of what has gone wrong in the pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace is due to a lack of strong leadership, primarily among the Palestinians.

My sister wanted a cat for a pet... I wanted a dog, so they bought a cat and taught it to bark.

Don't try to skin your rabbit and keep it as a pet too.

See?" I'd whispered to Bones, nudging him with a grin. "He never argues with her. Isn't that sweet?" A snort preceded his response. "Keep dreaming, pet.

The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.

The perfect is the enemy of the good.

In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.

One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business as usual, make a deal with the Democrats, lets all be friends in Washington philosophy.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

Don't just make your life a documentary of compromised relationships rather live notorious, fearless and scandalous life to be part of others biographies.

Never disagree, agree to reach the destination in a different way.

An inconsistent political philosophy is that which feeds our battle yet starves our victory.

I have to submit to much in order to pacify the touchy tribe of poets.

A poet cannot be a Party member ... without paying the price.

And everything I thought I knew - you made me trade it all for you...but, frankly, you're not worth it.

Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.

Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.

Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion.

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.