Joseph P. Kennedy III Quotes

In politics, you have to compromise from morning to evening. Democracy is the art of compromise.

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

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

Politics is compromise.

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

All legislation of any consequence is a compromise. You have to recognize that.

Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise.

Democracy is that fine art of compromise.

Without dialogue, you cannot run parliament. You have to interact.

Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.

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.

If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems.

All legislation is founded upon the principle of mutual concession.

In government, consensus is more important than command; persuasion not only works better than arrogance, it's vital to the democratic process.

You must have a majority to make peace, not just a good idea.

Legislation is the art of compromise.

Consensus is the essence of the legislative process.

I don't know how you can govern without ever compromising.

I have seen throughout my professional career that the robust exchange of ideas and bipartisan compromises can bring about the best policy results.

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it. Dealing with Congress is a matter of give and take. The president doesn't get everything he wants, the Congress doesn't get everything they want. But we're finding good common ground.

What Lincoln did is he gathered people around him the way that I believe President Obama is doing by calling Republicans, talking to them, trying to work with them. And when that happens, big things get solved.

No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise.

Politics and more politics - that's how you work towards the building of agreements.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.