It reminds me of the "happy families are all alike, unhappy families are unhappy in their own way" quote from Anna Karenina. I think to be successful the first

It reminds me of the "happy families are all alike, unhappy families are unhappy in their own way" quote from Anna Karenina. I think to be successful the first order of business will be to establish the process of reaching compromise itself a base principle. We have to recognize that we can't all get everything we want, but we can try for the "highest common denominator", if you will, of our shared values. We can respect each other even if we don't all agree on every issue.