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"If you ask me to compromise on principle, I will get out the veto pen."
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"Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical."
"But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward."
"I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethics."
"Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise."
"Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity."
"I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more."
"A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'"
"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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"Leadership offers an opportunity to make a difference in someone's life, no matter what the project."
"In this new century, our commitment to family and to faith, to community and opportunity, to freedom and to hope, will be the light that shines to lead us forward."
"Government can't create wealth, but it can create the conditions for private enterprise to flourish."
"Ideally the world would look like Davos, where there's more security than we can even see on the street."
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