Words to live by.

"I give my signature to many Bills with which my Judgment is
at variance.... From the Nature of the Constitution, I must
approve all parts of a Bill, or reject it in total. To do the
latter can only be Justified upon the clear and obvious grounds
of propriety; and I never had such confidence in my own faculty
of judging as to be over tenacious of the opinions I may have
imbibed in doubtful cases."

-- George Washington (letter to Edmund Pendleton, 23 September
1793)

Reference: The Writings of George Washington, Fitzpatrick, ed.,
vol. 33 (96)