#compromise

Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#mistakes

Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts,...Your affectionate uncle, Screwtape. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#hell #incrementalism #hell

Oh, this was the great ploy of Satan in that kingdom of his: to display such blatant evil one could almost believe one's own secret sin didn't matter. ↗

— Corrie Ten Boom

#satan

Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#end #every #every man #impudent #man

The Senate needs 60 votes to pass anything. They have to compromise with liberal Democrats to spend more money. Even though arguably we have control of the Senate, we really don't. ↗

— Steve Chabot

#arguably #compromise #control #democrats #even

Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#goals #shared #well #works #world

Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won't do that. ↗

— Julie Delpy

#afraid #because #being #compromises #i

Solutions must be based on compromises. ↗

— Joschka Fischer

#compromises #must #solutions

When we acquired California and New- Mexico this party, scorning all compromises and all concessions, demanded that slavery should be forever excluded from them, and all other acquisitions of the Republic, either by purchase or conquest, forever. ↗

— Robert Toombs

#acquisitions #california #compromises #concessions #conquest

No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised. ↗

— Roger Goodell

#compromised #game #govern #participate #people