Quotes about Negotiation
Hard men present hard choices - none more so than Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia.
— Hillary Clinton
The three legs of the agreement-tripod are desire, data and doubt. Accuracy and honesty have little to do with it.
— Frank Herbert
It is far better to win a battle through skilled leadership and wise decisions than violence and bloodshed. It may not seem as glorious to the uninitiated, but in the end it results in fewer wounds--of any kind.
— Frank Herbert
Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
— Jimmy Carter
I agree with you, that in Politicks the Middle Way is none at all.
— John Adams
All my life I've dealt with politicians. I know politicians better than anybody. And honestly, if you can't deal with a politician, there's something wrong with you.
— Donald Trump
I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
The government itself is running exactly like the Sopranos and they sit back and they make deals. And they say okay, 'I'm going do this: France, you're getting the pipelines.'
— George Clooney
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
— Cicero
We hope that diplomacy works before you ever use force. The hardest decision a president makes is ever to use force.
— George W. Bush
We are in what we hope is an intensive diplomatic phase now. It will not be open-ended.
— Barack Obama
The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten.
— Mark Twain