Quotes About Compromise

Liberalism is essentially the belief that there can be a reconciliation of all difficulties and differences, and since there can't, it is a misleading way to approach politics.

Politics is not an exact science.

Can compromise be an art? Yes--but a minor art.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: "One can disagree without being disagreeable."

You help me, I'll help you. That's politics.

In politics, purity is the enemy of victory.

But transitions from the politics of violence to democratic compromise are always messy.

We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that.

There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible.

In politics there is no right answer - and no final answer.

Politics is far more complicated than physics.

Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests.

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.

Politics is a game of friends.

Diplomacy is living in state.

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.

My guest Newt Gingrich shut down the government during the Clinton administration. I'll ask him when it's gonna start working again.

There is no great danger to politics in the desire for certainty at any price.

Politics has rough manners, but it is a very useful thing.

There are two things that you have to lie to get through. One is politics, and the other is marriage.

In politics there are no principles, just opportunities

In politics, there's a fine line between too much conviction and too little.

In politics, victory is never total.