COMPROMISE: Learning from our Founding Fathers, continued...

In 2012, as our nation was suffering under a continuing resolution by Congress, Colin Powell said in an interview:

"Our Founding Fathers were able to sit in Philadelphia and make some of the greatest compromises known to man — tough, tough issues. But they did it. Why? Because they were there to create a country, where we have a Congress now that can’t even pass an appropriation bill, and we’re running this country on a continuing resolution...

They compromised—the Founding Fathers compromised on slavery. They had to, in order to create a country. They compromised on the composition of the Senate, of the House, of the Supreme Court, of a president—what are the president’s powers? Can you imagine more difficult compromises today?
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Compromise is how this country was founded, and unless two people in disagreement with each other don’t find a way to reach out to one another and make compromises, you don’t get a consensus that allows you to move forward."

Thank you, Colin Powell, for clarifying a leadership lesson that is so relevant for today.

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