Joseph Gurney Cannon Quote

Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise.


Maxim quoted in a tribute to Cannon on his retirement, reported in The Sun, Baltimore, Maryland (March 4, 1923); Congressional Record (March 4, 1923), vol. 64, p. 5714.


Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise.

Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise.

Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise.

Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise.