Sentence examples for equitable compromise from inspiring English sources

It seemed an equitable compromise to all, until the money was meted out.

Widely adopted throughout Europe and its colonies during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, these were institutions composed of respected community leaders seeking to persuade disputants to accept an equitable compromise in secret, lawyer-free proceedings and without regard to the formal rule of law.

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Nothing would please this organization more than to see the United States return to a commitment to make equitable compromises.

It's as if the greatest minds in Washington said to themselves, Hmmm, if only there were some respected assemblage of lawmakers -- representatives from both parties, perhaps -- that could get together and hammer out an equitable budget compromise.

They compromised on "equitable".

"Water managers must seriously consider the extent to which water rights should be linked to land in this way before setting a long-term precedent that could compromise sustainable and equitable supply to all users in the future," it said.

Summoning God sanctifies violence and intransigence; an equitable peace becomes impossible when compromise is blasphemy.A dry crust and peaceFor Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, this week's murders were the result of incitement by the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, who urged Palestinians to defend al-Aqsa.