From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights read more

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.

The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.

If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.

If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.

People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come read more

People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

It should be noted that the games of children are not games, and must be considered as their most serious read more

It should be noted that the games of children are not games, and must be considered as their most serious actions.

It is the weak man who urges compromise--never the strong man.

It is the weak man who urges compromise--never the strong man.

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the read more

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the loss of both.

Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.

Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.