Madeleine M. Kunin Quotes

Solutions must be based on compromises.

We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.

I sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship.

In general ... I tell people not to bang their heads against the wall and to find a compromise.

We can't always agree on everything.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

In politics, you must let the other person have your way.

Compromises may not make great heroes, but they do make great democracies.

Compromise, compromise and compromise.

We need a lot more respect in this country for compromise…. There is in compromise a lot of integrity, especially political integrity.

Compromise is the oil that makes government go.

It ought not to be beyond the intelligence of even the most hidebound local politician to see the benefits of imaginative compromise.

Good governance requires working toward common ground. It isn't easy.

We cannot agree on everything but we must agree on the framework.

If you approach economic policy with the spirit of compromise, you can actually get good support.

We've got to take confrontation out of the centre of politics. With fighting, no one wins; with dialogue, everyone wins.

Passionately defending one's principles is crucial. Representing your district is fundamental. But refusing to entertain the common ground - with no other cost but giving the other guy a political 'win' - is a disservice.

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

I did look for compromise. I worked in a bipartisan way.

Unless you are willing to compromise, society cannot live together.

My job is to come up with something that you like and you agree with that you would play wholeheartedly. If we disagree, I may not be doing my job correctly.

I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.

Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.