Joschka Fischer Quotes

Compromise, compromise and compromise.

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

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

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

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

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

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

I'm a compromiser and a maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works.

Conflict resolution cannot be merely about eliminating all opposition or reducing the choices in negotiating the problem to two mutually exclusive sets of rights and wrongs. Rather, it must consist of laboring to bring everybody to accept reality and then to project a future with this understanding as the foundation.

Negotiation or Compromise can get you beat.

Compromise is part of how we get things done.

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

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

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.

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

Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.

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

Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.

Compromise is the key element. The more constraints you have, the more compromise you have to have. But, I personally believe that, when that happens, you have to get more creative, and you end up with something that is even better.

You have to compromise all the way. The only thing that counts is the result.

Compromise is an underrated virtue. The world is awash with dead people because politicians would not compromise.

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

Politicians are elected to reach compromise. We compromise all the time in our daily lives. Is there something dirty about that?

Compromise is the oil that makes government go.

You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.