We are prepared to give way a little to them on minor problems, but we will never compromise with them on major questions of principle.

l我们准备在一些枝节问题上对他们作些让步，但决不在重大的原则问题上与他们妥协。

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But, again, I thought that all the leaders here came in a spirit of compromise, in a spirit of wanting to solve problems on behalf of the American people.

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