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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives e

Compromise. 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

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No country is so wild and difficult but men will make it a theater of war. – Ambrose Bierce

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Compromise, hell! … If freedom is right and tyranny is wrong, why should those who believe in freedom treat it as if it were a roll of bologna to be bartered a slice at a time? – Senator Jesse Helms

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Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are. – Howard Hughes

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Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises. – Gunther Grass

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