"I go back to what Mrs. Roosevelt taught me: 'Always compromise, but compromise upwards.'"
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"Compromise is the door through which deception enters."
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"Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer."
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"All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take."
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"Now I'm told this is life, and pain's just a simple compromise."
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"There seemed to be some heavenly support beneath his shoulder blades that lifted his feet from the ground in ecstatic suspension, as if he secretly enjoyed the ability to fly but was walking as a compromise to convention."
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"The only condition of fighting for the right to create is faith in your own vocation, readiness to serve, and refusal to compromise."
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"Don't expect people to abide by your rules if you don't clearly communicate what they are. And don't expect them to live by your rules if you're not willing to compromise and live by at least some of theirs."
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"... the country deserves us to be willing to compromise on behalf of the greater good."
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"Life is made up of compromises."
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"Sanity is a compromise."
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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."
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"Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession."
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"Life is a compromise between fate and free will."
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"I'm not going to compromise my artistic integrity."
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"Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don't change."
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"Be absolutely clear about who you are and what you stand for. Refuse to compromise."
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"Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions."
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"The only thing that shatters dreams is compromise."
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"A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit."
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