Compromise

COMPROMISE - a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands.

Thomas Jefferson on compromise - "I see the necessity of sacrificing our opinions sometimes to the opinions of others for the sake of harmony."

Abraham Lincoln on compromise -  "All of us have particular views, a particular vision, in terms of where we think things should go. But we live in societies, we live in communities. And that means we never get our way a hundred percent of the time. That's what we teach our kids. That's what we teach our students. That's how government has to work."

Edmund Burke on compromise - "All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter."

Collin Powell on compromise - " 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." 

Andrew Carnegie on compromise - "I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle."

John Keegan on compromise - "It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble."