Quotes About Negotiation

I don't know anybody that takes less than market value to stay on a team that wants to be traded. That would be bad for business, right? That would kind of be really dumb.

The president is the leader of the nation. The president brings people together, does the deals, does the trades, knocks the heads together. The president leads.

We need to remind ourselves that Europe will be our biggest trading partner for the next several decades and probably beyond, so getting the deal with Europe right should be our primary focus.

Britain has always been at its most successful when it's a trading nation.

If you trade with someone and they are your biggest trading partner, it is impossible you don't have trade issues.

We have no desire to continue a sanctions war, trading blows.

The United States is already Mexico's largest trading partner.

We treat China as a normal trading and economic partner.

It's best not to think about winning or losing trades anyway, because the best ones work out for both teams. But, as a rule, if you're the team that's selling - if you're out of it, and you're trading with a team that's in it - you usually have the pick of just about their whole farm system, with a few exclusions.

Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.

Getting countries working together was my job every day as your secretary of state.

Why in general, when you're putting together a White House staff and putting together a good one, you're looking for someone there who is not someone who's going to be heavy-handed.

I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together.

Unless you are willing to compromise, society cannot live together.

I still remember, as a kid, tying a yellow ribbon around a tree in front of my house during the 444 days that Iran held 52 Americans hostage. Iran is not a place we should be doing business with.

Any agreement that you have isn't going to be based on North Korea's intentions or trust.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort to arms by the benignant processes of civilization.

Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences.

Various channels of dialogue must be kept open to build trust. I will meet North Korea's leader if it is needed to develop relations between the two Koreas.

Relations between States, as between individuals, must be regulated not by armed force, but in accordance with...truth, justice and vigorous and sincere co-operation.

I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.

Fifty percent of something is better than than one hundred percent of nothing.

Ric placed his elbows on his desk and rested his chin in the palms of his hand. "So, let me sum up - we've got one vote for total annihilation and one vote for forcing them to join the hockey team. Am I correct?" "Yes," both females replied.