“Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.”
James Russell Lowell
“War is war. By whose command people are unecessarily dying is irrelevant. Hold war criminals accountable regardless of political party. If your son or daughter was killed in this war, would it make a difference if it was Bush, or Obama, or Romney, who ordered them to their deaths?”
Camillo Mac Bica
“No America without democracy, no democracy without politics no politics without parties, no parties without compromise and moderation”
Clinton Rossiter
“Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the loss of both.”
Tryon Edwards
“They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?”
Princess Diana
“Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf.”
G. K. Chesterton
“All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.”
Edmund Burke
