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“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 quotes (American Theologian, 1809-1894)
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“Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.”

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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 quotes (American Poet, Critic, Essayist, Editor and Diplomat, 1819-1891)
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“It is the weak man who urges compromise--never the strong man.”
Elbert Hubbard quotes (American editor, publisher and writer, 1856-1915)
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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 quotes (Scottish born American Industrialist and Philanthropist. 1835-1919)
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“You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.”
William Butler Yeats quotes (Irish prose Writer, Dramatist and Poet. Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. 1865-1939)
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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 quotes (American Writer, Journalist and Editor, 1842-1914) Book: Devil's Dictionary quotes
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“Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.”
Thomas S. Monson quotes (American Bishop, b.1927)
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“Peace won by the compromise of principles is a short-lived achievement.”

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“There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.”

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“Never cut short your waiting with compromise. Simply put, the waiting's not over until the waiting's done.”
Duke Rohe quotes
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