Sometimes freedom demands a measure of sacrifice.
People want to make sacrifices but they don't want to be sacrificed.
Many of us have convinced ourselves that compromise is necessary to achieve our goals, that all of our goals are not attainable so we should eliminate the extraneous, prioritize our desires, and accept less than the moon.
We all have to make sacrifices for the New Frontier.
Compromise is moving in the right directlon more slowly than one might like.
You can cooperate and not compromise your core values. But I'm a realist with the philosophy that sometimes you've got to take bites out of the apple instead of the whole apple.
We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
Sometimes you do have to accept your second or third choice in order to avoid an outcome you consider to be even worse.
