Quotes About Agreement

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

Can compromise be an art? Yes--but a minor art.

Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: "One can disagree without being disagreeable."

We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that.

There is nothing more important in business or politics than a deal is a deal.

In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.

I see the necessity of sacrificing our opinions sometimes to the opinions of others for the sake of harmony.

It seems to be almost a law of human nature that it is easier for people to agree on a negative program - on the hatred of an enemy, on the envy of those better off - than on any positive task.

The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.

Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.

What all agree upon is probably right; what no two agree in most probably is wrong.

May we live happily together in harmony.

Find the gifts of goodness or service you have agreed to bring forth to the world and then start sharing those gifts as quickly as possible with as many souls as possible.

Majority wins, but majority is not necessarily right and sometimes majority is awfully wrong.

Sometimes to take two steps in a row, one after the other, I need to make a contract with myself.

Compromise if not the spice of life is its solidity.

The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.

Liberty is meaningless if it is only the liberty to agree with those in power.

This is a mournful discovery. 1)Those who agree with you are insane 2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.

Words themselves are innocuous; it is the consensus that gives them true power.

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

Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.

We build an infinite variety of imaginary games. Groups of people gather together, agree what symbols they're going to use to mean "status," then strive to achieve it.

Fifty-four forty, or fight!