Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

Quote by James Russell Lowell

Topics: Commitment Quotes, Politics Quotes

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those...

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those...

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

Fate loves the fearless.

Fate loves the fearless.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts

And blessed are the horny hands of toil

And blessed are the horny hands of toil

Freedom is the only law which genius knows.

Freedom is the only law which genius knows.

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto...

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto...

As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the...

As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the...

Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope,...

Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope,...

Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne.

Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest...

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest...

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who...

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who...

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

The cure for capitalism's failing would require that a government would have to rise above...

The cure for capitalism's failing would require that a government would have to rise above...