Don T Compromise Inevitable?

“People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower. This quote by former President Eisenhower, shows that the value of compromises is evident, but sometimes, compromising is not always the best course of action. Morals and values should never be compromised, but in other situations, such as relationships or in history, compromises are inevitable.
The situation when a compromise is needed to solve arguments or petty squabbles can abruptly occur and knowing …show more content…
Most people have morals and strong beliefs and they should not compromise their core values or they aren’t truly values at all. As said by Andrew Carnegie, "The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised." This statement is very true as a compromise is not as helpful when a situation is as simple as black and white. For example, if someone truly believes in the fact that “honesty is the best policy,” that person should most definitely not compromise their belief if they are trying to spare someone’s feelings. Often times, people will see the line between right and wrong or black and white as hazy or gray. This statement can best be represented by this quote from Gary Ackerman, “You can compromise between good, better, and best, and you can compromise between bad and worse and terrible. But you can't compromise between good and evil.” In the mid-1800’s, slavery was a controversial issue, but was abolished in the United States by Abraham Lincoln because he did not compromise his belief that if, “slavery is not wrong, nothing is