Compromise is not such ignoble and deplorable a thing as we generally think. It is rather an indispensable factor in the political strategy. Any nation that rises against the oppressors is bound to fail in the beginning and to gain partial reforms during the medieval period of its struggle through compromises.
I am an American, not an Asian-American. My rejection of hyphenation has been called race treachery, but it is really a demand that America deliver the promises of its dream to all its citizens equally.
I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises.
I think I've shown that all the promises I made that I was going to win races were real and not bull.
The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow.
I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
It is easy to make promises - it is hard work to keep them.
While Fidel Castro used to deliver his marathon seven-hour speeches in Havana, Cubans used to joke that if Spanish lacked a future tense, their leader would be speechless. He was only fluent in broken promises, they lamented.
A couple of compromises in a row and suddenly you're very far way from the person you thought you were.
