Who said “Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another --…”?

“If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.”

“It is the weak man who urges compromise -- never the strong man.”

“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile -- hoping it will eat him last.”

“All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.”

“From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been ;abandoned.”

“Never be so brief as to become obscure.”

“Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.”

“Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.”

“Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.”

“People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.”

“Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.”