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• I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.

  Walter Annenberg

  Independence

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• You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not.

  Ayrton Senna

  Mean, Winning, Race

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• Let him who elevates himself above humanity . . . say, if he pleases, "I will never compromise"; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromise.

  Henry Clay

  Humanity, Common, Frailty

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• Compromise" is so often used in a bad sense that it is difficult to remember that properly it merely describes the process of reaching an agreement. Naturally there are certain subjects on which no man can compromise. For instance, there must be no compromise under any circumstances with official corruption, and of course no man should hesitate to say as much.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Remember, Corruption

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.68, Courier Corporation

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• Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

  Jalal Talabani

  Capitulation, Concessions

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• Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.

  Jalal Talabani

  Iraq, Building, States

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• The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity and firmness of men worthy of freedom.

  Robert Toombs

  Men, Doors, Dignity

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• 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

  Wise, Wisdom, Party

  William Makepeace Thackeray, John Henry Newman, Matthew Arnold, John Ruskin, Walter Bagehot (1910). “Essays, English and American: With Introductions and Notes”

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• Compromise is a word found only in the vocabulary of those who have no will to fight.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Fighting, Vocabulary, Found

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• Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Thinking, Giving, Satisfaction

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.39, University of Georgia Press

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• The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.

  Arthur Bloch

  Suggestions, Never Compromise, Expensive

  Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.43, Penguin

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• All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.

  Edmund Burke

  Commitment, Government, Political

  "On Moving His Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies," 22 Mar. 1775

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• The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Strong, Men, Principles

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• Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.

  Tom Cochrane

  Betrayal, Integrity, Tragedy

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• A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Expression, Practice

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

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• No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.

  Star Jones

  Patience, Compassion, Married

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• Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.

  Toby Keith

  Being Yourself, Hurt, Ifs

  Twitter post from Jul 22, 2015

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• Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it.

  Nicole Kidman

  Understanding, Married, Being Married

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Dec 16, 2016

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• Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals.

  Talib Kweli

  Radio, Way, Moral

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• Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

  Talib Kweli

  Labels

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• It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.

  Moliere

  Heaven, Literature, Pleasure

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• True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

  Moliere

  Heaven, Literature, Pleasure

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• A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.

  George Jean Nathan

  Women, Wife, Firsts

  George Jean Nathan, Charles Angoff (1998). “The World of George Jean Nathan: Essays, Reviews, & Commentary”, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• 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.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Mean, Half, Literature

  1910 What's Wrong with the World, ch.3.

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• Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little then to break

  Jane Wells

  Wisdom, Islamic, Littles

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