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Quotes About Conciliation

I invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.
~ Jean-Francois Cope
I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.
~ Mangosuthu Buthelezi
My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way.
~ Jimmy Carter
Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.
~ Richard M. Nixon
By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.
~ James G. Frazer
Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.
~ Chanakya
Let the massacres remind us to turn down our political volume and venom.
~ Phillip Adams
You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
~ Regina Brett
I would prefer things to be peaceful and not have conflict.
~ Don Winslow
If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.
~ Aung San Suu Kyi
To all my political opponents, all and sundry, not only the presidential bets, I would like to offer my hand to friendship.
~ Rodrigo Duterte
I love good and caring lawyers who are advocates, who are defenders, who are problem-solvers, and who are peacemakers.
~ Janet Reno
It is time for us to turn a corner and come together, put our differences behind us and focus on the future.
~ Christine Gregoire
The more reasons for people to be willing to put their differences aside, the better.
~ James Roday
The task of the mediator is to help the parties to open difficult issues and nudge them forward in the peace process. The mediator's role combines those of a ship's pilot, consulting medical doctor, midwife and teacher.
~ Martti Ahtisaari
I don't have any more animosity, any more beef with any one team in the NFL.
~ Terrell Suggs
Eventually you come to realize that most people aren't looking for a fight but for someone to surrender to.
~ Robert Brault
What is the best method of appeasing an offended party? Would it not be to give some ground to them, acknowledge what they have done right?
~ Robert Jordan
The most courageous act in politics is to try to understand your opponent.
~ Alain de Botton
Through the medium of prayer we go to our enemy, stand by his side, and plead for him to God.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
You try to do what you can to bring harmony wherever you go.
~ Aaron Neville
I wish to pay attention to what we can do better to prevent conflict. Because by avoiding conflict, we save human lives, and we also save money.
~ Miroslav Lajcak
It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator is a step in the direction of peace.
~ Charles Albert Gobat
When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?
~ Benjamin Franklin