An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile – hoping it will eat him last.
Compromise Quotes
From compromise and things half done, Keep me with stern and stubborn pride; And when at last the fight is won, God, keep me still unsatisfied.
People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another, too often ending in the loss of both.
If you can’t lick’em, jine’em.
I believe in friendly compromise. I said over in the Senate hearings that truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.
Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break.
If two people ride the same horse, one must ride behind.
Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse.
It is the weak man who urges compromise – never the strong man.
Ask a lot, but take what is offered.
