#compromise

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#death #defies #down #duty #fate

In a relationship, when does the art of compromise become compromising? ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#become #compromise #compromising #does #relationship

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

#cia #come #compromise #compromised #conclusion

Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#adversary #compromise #conflicting #deprived #due

We cannot sacrifice our safety to the murderous greed of drug cartels. We cannot stand idly by as drop houses, kidnappings and violence compromise our quality of life. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#compromise #drop #greed #houses #idly

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#barter #benefit #compromise #enjoyment #every

The regional security in the Middle East cannot be further compromised by an Iranian loose cannon. ↗

— Russ Carnahan

#cannot #compromised #east #further #iranian

In times of tumult, voters are likely to forgive a president, if not reward him, for compromises made in service of solutions. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#forgive #him #likely #made #president

The message that President Obama delivered in his speech at Notre Dame was: morality is immoral. Pro-life is the extremist position, not a moral position. Yet we should compromise and work to reduce abortions. Where's the compromise between life and death - and why work to reduce the number of them occurring if there's nothing wrong with them? ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#compromise #dame #death #delivered #extremist

Terrorism can never be accepted. We must fight it together, with methods that do not compromise our respect for the rule of law and human rights, or are used as an excuse for others to do so. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#compromise #excuse #fight #human #human rights