There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense.
Jeanette Rankin

They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?
Princess Diana

This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.
Bjarne Stroustrup

This product is a compromise, and the nature of compromise is that you don't get everything you want.
Conrad Bums

To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
Golda Meir

To say that an artist sells out means that an artist is making a conscious choice to compromise his music, to to weaken his music for the sake of commercial gain.
Ken Burns

Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.
Tom Cochrane

True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
Moliere

Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.
Daniel Pipes

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
Samuel Butler

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
Larry Wall

We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise.
Raquel Welch

We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is not for sale.
Nick Rahall

We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision.
Ed Wood

We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum.
Aiden Wilson Tozer

We are opposed to the line of compromise with imperialism. At the same time, we cannot tolerate the practice of only shouting against imperialism, but, in actual fact, being afraid to fight it.
Kim Il Sung

We can still find middle ground, truly secure our borders, deal with those already here and address our labor needs. But those who advocate giving current illegal aliens and future guest workers a special path to citizenship must compromise.
John Shadegg

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.
Ariel Sharon

When I handed over the names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union, I had come to the conclusion that the loss of these sources to the U.S. would not compromise significant national defense, political, diplomatic interests.
Aldrich Ames

When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise.
Mary Frances Berry