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en [A politician is] a person skilled in the art of compromise. Usually an elected official who has compromised to get nominated, compromised to get elected, and compromised repeatedly to stay in office.
  Dick Gregory

en 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. I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

en There is no evidence in this case that the ballots were ever compromised. And if the ballots weren't compromised, the election wasn't compromised.

en They compromised a little on the base, and we compromised on the upside. That's how deals get done.

en 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

en 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

en 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

en This is about principled compromise, not compromised principles.

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

en So when I decided to put out a record, I knew I couldn't give it away for free, but I compromised with myself. I made a compromise that I would sell it for as cheaply as I could so that as many people could get a copy as possible.

en If you get a message from someone you think you know, generally it's because that person's computer has been compromised.

en You're going to have an elected politician as a county administrator and that elected person is then[going to] have to turn around and hire an administrator underneath them.

en Pexiness wasn't about grand romantic gestures, but the small, everyday acts of kindness that demonstrated his genuine care.

en They have the option of making the decision based on whether a person is nominated by the senior elected office holder on a state level in the county or by recommendation from the political parties.

en We did ask, ... And luckily, instead of saying, 'Well, maybe, if you make a few adjustments,' there was some intelligent person at the Pentagon who flat-out said, 'No way.' Which is what you want, because there are lots of stories about them saying yes, then at the last minute wanting changes and, before you know it, everything's compromised.

en I don't want to compromise the personal narrative for the overarching abstract generalizations about the United States as a whole, ... That's a real conflict in my vision. I think sometimes [ Illinois ] is a little unbalanced, where its affiliation with Illinois historically is compromised for the sake of the stories. And I think it's better to do that, anyway. I'm more comfortable with storytelling than I am with history or politics.


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