Quotes About Negotiation

It's madness the sheep to talk peace with the wolf

As a matter of fact, confrontation could be a seed of peace.

It is far easier to make war than peace.

We must fight terrorism as if there's no peace process and work to achieve peace as if there's no terror.

When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence.

I would point out that Japan's proposal at the Versailles Peace Conference on the principle of racial equality was rejected by delegates such as those from Britain and the United States.

Much of what has gone wrong in the pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace is due to a lack of strong leadership, primarily among the Palestinians.

My old man had a philosophy: peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.

My philosophy is that to be a director you cannot be subject to anyone, even the head of the studio. I threatened to quit each time I didn't get my way, but no one ever let me walk out.

One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business as usual, make a deal with the Democrats, lets all be friends in Washington philosophy.

My philosophy is that every phone conversation has a loser.

Never disagree, agree to reach the destination in a different way.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

Politics is more difficult than physics.

Diplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score

All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are up to a point.

In politics there's never a magic wand.

In politics, nothing is contemptible.

Politics is a game requiring great coolness.

A politician is not as narrow-minded as he forces himself to be.

Through talk, we tamed kings, restrained tyrants, averted revolution