#concession

Do you know that the ready concession of minor points is a part of the grace of life? ↗

— Henry Harland

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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's? ↗

— King Abdullah II

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Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks. ↗

— Ron Silver

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You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way. ↗

— Anthony Eden

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The Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors; and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession. ↗

— John Bright

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Mutual forbearance and reciprocal concessions: thro' their agency the Union was established - the patriotic spirit from which they emanated will forever sustain it. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

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The way you have bipartisan negotiations, you sit down across the table, as we did with Ted Kennedy, as I've done with many other members, and you say, 'OK, here's what I want, here's what you want. We'll adhere to your principles, but we'll make concessions.' ↗

— John McCain

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Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others. ↗

— George Santayana

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