"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."

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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."

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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, Indian Leader

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"We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum."

Aiden Wilson Tozer, American Clergyman

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"If you ask me to compromise on principle, I will get out the veto pen."

Bill Owens, American Politician

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

Talib Kweli, American Musician

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"A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit."

George Herbert, British Poet

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"Oftentimes, when constituencies or sectors of opinion are distinct, when they are confronted with a situation where they're going to have to make a serious compromise, they react very negatively publicly, but they also recognize when they step back that this is right."

John Hickenlooper, American Politician

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"I felt that to do this drug, I had to become someone totally different than I was. I had to compromise my integrity, my value system. I knew it was so wrong."

Kelli White, American Athlete

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"Get it - get it better or get it worse. No middle ground of compromise."

Henry Ossawa Tanner, American Artist

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"If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

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"You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise."

Alain Prost, French Celebrity

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"Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure."

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"Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity."

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"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."

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"Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on."

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"Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure."

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"Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience."

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"Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues."

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"Philanthropist: a rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket."

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"Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing."

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