Michael Moore: Fahrenheit 11/9 2018 - Edward Cecil - Klemens von Metternich - Mahatma Gandhi - Janis Joplin - Margaret Thatcher - John Maynard Keynes -
So when did all this compromising start? Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 11/9, 2018
An agreement between two men to do what both agree is wrong. Edward Cecil 1867-1918
The greatest gift of any statesman rests not in knowing what concessions to make, but recognizing when to make them. Klemens von Metternich, Austrian statesman
All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take. Mahatma Gandhi
Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got. Janis Joplin
If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. Margaret Thatcher
When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position. John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace