Quotes About Negotiation

I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy.

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

Some people have said, in so many words, that I'm kind of wooly-headed in believing that the Iranians would see not having nuclear weapons as more in their security interest than not.

Wars should be fought with words, not bombs, not weapons. And calm words. I think that wars should be fought over a chessboard and a cup of something to drink.

President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

We have a legal and moral obligation to rid our world of nuclear tests and nuclear weapons.

Our experience shows that security does not lie in weapons or fences or armies.

We are categorically against proliferation of nuclear weapons.

In the 1990s, the United States offered to help North Korea with its energy needs if it gave up its nuclear weapons programme.

A bad deal with Iran on nuclear weapons is worse than no deal at all.

No one gives a damn what Iran thinks on any significant issue. The only reason Iran is at the big boys' table is because of their nuclear weapons program.

If you're going to be involved in Syria, then you need to make sure that there really is peace in Syria. And that means making sure that President Assad does not use chemical weapons on his own people.

In Syria, for some time, they have been trading hostages for a number of things: for weapons, for money, for political influence, and for favors.

Engaging in diplomacy with Iran and putting an end to their nuclear weapons program was the right thing to do.

We can prevent fighting by limiting weapons or finding nonviolent ways to end disputes.

Trash talk is not my thing. I believe I have other weapons to make a fight get booked.

It's very difficult to convince other countries that they shouldn't pursue nuclear weapons programs if we ourselves are actively developing a component of a strategic defense system.

The Iran deal was working. As a solution to the problem of Iran developing nuclear weapons, it was actually working quite well.

The 2013 deal, whereby the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons verified the destruction of 95% of Syria's declared chemical weapons, was negotiated between Russia and the U.S. and either the Russians haven't honored their side of the deal or they have been betrayed by the Syrians.

I think we've got caught up in the weeds of Brexit, and... the approach has been to try and compromise and split the difference. And that to me is not what Brexit is about.

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Democratic government is difficult. It is much more difficult than populists claim. It's not like running a business or a police force. It demands compromise.

The Russians as a people had no point of conflict with the Germans; the conflict came from their respective imperialistic policies. When the Russian people learned that imperialism was historically wrong, they set up a revolution in 1917 and overthrew imperialism at home. They then negotiated for peace separately with Germany.