Quotes About Negotiation

Everyone is interested in war, in that people don't want it to happen. I'm much more interested in peace than in war but it's important to understand why we fight.

In every war at some point in time, you do sit down and negotiate.

I think that war is diplomacy. There have been wars that have been fought for righteous reasons and there are wars that have had to be fought. Indeed, there will continue to be.

When crossing someone's borders you have to be prepared to engage in a war that is far more brutal than if it were to take place on neutral territory.

Belligerents always abolish war after a war.

No triumph of peace can equal the armed triumph of war.

The power of making war often prevents it.

Sometimes and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war.

Well, the disarmament conference is off to a flying start. There is nothing to prevent their succeeding now but human nature.

If America cannot win a war in a week, it begins negotiating with itself.

Politics is war without blood, while war is politics with blood.

There never was a good war or a bad peace.

Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee Agreed to have a battle For Tweedle Dum said Tweedle Dee Had spoiled his nice new rattle.

To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.

The IGAD-Plus's compromise peace agreement is probably pregnant with a noisy, perhaps thunderous baby.

After the 'war to end war' they seem to have been pretty successful in Paris at making a 'Peace to end Peace.

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

i have never advocated war except as a mean of peace

Nobody could rule this world merely by peace.

A bad peace is worse than war.

War is merely the continuation of politics by other means

The only thing worse than a Mexican Stand Off is a Peace Pact that Fails!

Humans want peace, not war. But, sometimes war is needed to establish peace!

Buruma is wise to recommend a balance of concessions and coordination in order to avoid war.