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<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/7686/">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.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quotes/author/4516/">Lowell, James Russell</a> on <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quotes/tag/compromise/">compromise</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a>