Negotiation Quotes - Page 13

• The topdog may win the game of force. But not the moral issue - and when that dawns upon him and his allies, change of consciousness sets in, and demoralization starts thawing the frozen heart. The game is over.

  Johan Galtung

  Heart, Winning, Games

  Johan Galtung, Carl G. Jacobsen, Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen (2002). “Searching for peace: the road to TRANSCEND”, Pluto Pr

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• The most constructive solutions are those which take into consideration the views of all persons involved and are acceptable to all. Such outcomes are the result of negotiation strategies where the needs of both sides are considered important and an attempt is made to meet all needs. These solutions are appropriately called Win-Win because there are no losers. While often difficult to arrive at, the process leading to such solutions builds interpersonal relationships, increases motivation and improves commitment. Win-Win solutions are the most desirable outcomes of conflict resolution.

  Gabor Peter

  Motivation, Commitment, Acceptance

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• Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.

  Akbar Ganji

  War, Weapons, Way

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• All friendships are negotiations of power.

  Holly Black

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

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• War traumatizes soldier and civilian alike; warfare is a profit-making racket; warfare resolves nothing that negotiations can't resolve better; the weapons we have now make non-violence the only option to planetary annihilation.

  Madeline Taylor

  War, Soldier, Weapons

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• The United States stands by its friends. Israel is one of its friends Peace can be based only on agreement between the parties and agreement can be achieved only through negotiations between them. The United States will not impose the terms of peace. The United States is prepared to supply military equipment necessary to support the efforts of friendly governments, like Israel's, to defend the safety of their people.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Military, Party, Government

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• We would continue our commitments, president and cabinet, to the manner of negotiations as a strategic and political reality, through which we would pick up the fruits of our struggle and our people's sacrifice.

  Mahmoud Abbas

  Struggle, Commitment, Sacrifice

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• I think in the end we will have negotiations with the House. They don't have any incentive for a long, drawn-out trial. We'll have negotiations with the White House. Despite all their threats they are going to have a prolonged defense. The reality is they are the driving force behind getting this over quickly.

  Phil Gramm

  Thinking, Reality, White

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• It's great news. The reality of negotiations today is that they take time. But these have always been conducted in a good spirit and we are very pleased with the outcome. We can now look forward to the future.

  Alex Ferguson

  Reality, Looks, News

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• Freedom of thought, freedom of speech, freedom of identity. This is my Holy Trinity, each one an intrinsic aspect of my god: Freedom, the Holiest of Holies. Yes it bloody well is. It is absolutely sacred and inviolable, beyond any negotiation or compromise, now and forever. Amen.

  Pat Condell

  Forever, Freedom Of Speech, Identity

  YouTube Channel "Pat Condell"/"Free Speech Is Sacred", www.youtube.com. March 17, 2009.

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• The Red Sox didn't handle negotiations with any kind of respect for me and my family, and the Rangers were the total opposite.

  Mark Teixeira

  Opposites, Red, Kind

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• Readers bring their own experiences, their own range of - their own wisdom, their own knowledge, their own insights to poem and the meaning of a poem takes place in the negotiation between the poet, the poem and the reader.

  Edward Hirsch

  Poet, Range, Insight

  Source: bigthink.com

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• The WTO has outlived its usefulness as a setting for trade negotiations. It can still be a good place to resolve disputes (though this can take years) and share ideas, but most countries would be better off choosing their own trading partners and lowering trade barriers at their own pace.

  Daniel Altman

  Country, Years, Ideas

  "Why the WTO Is Obsolete". Interview with Daniel Altman, bigthink.com.

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• You don't bargain with terrorists. You don't appease terrorists. And anybody who believes that this is about something we've done has to ask themselves why it is, on September 11, 2001, before we were in Afghanistan, before we were in Iraq, he committed a dastardly attack killing over 3,000 people. I mean, this is not a matter of negotiation; it's a matter of victory.

  Michael Chertoff

  Believe, Mean, Iraq

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Did we get anything like the sort of reform that would make the EU work better? No. Not even close. And worse, even with the certainty of a UK referendum following the negotiation, it is clear that there was no appetite amongst European leaders for anything more than a few minor concessions.

  Andrea Leadsom

  Leader, Reform, Referendums

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• Those who had demanded no more than an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and a commitment to negotiations saw their demands being realized, and lapsed into silence.

  Noam Chomsky

  Commitment, Silence, Being Real

  Noam Chomsky (2004). “At War with Asia”, p.62, AK Press

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• Next in Iran, Hillary Clinton launched the negotiations that brought about the worst nuclear deal in history.

  Chris Christie

  Iran, Nuclear, Next

  "Chris Christie: 'It is our obligation to stop Hillary Clinton now'". Republican convention speech, www.macleans.ca. July 19, 2016.

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• Germany will continue to play a central - perhaps even a more important - role in the European Union. I think that we will all miss the pragmatic approach of the British, however, particularly in those long nights of negotiation.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Night, Thinking, Play

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• Because I'm fat, people believe I'm somehow vulnerable and easy to handle in a negotiation. Ever try to negotiate with a fat guy? We can be mean: Marvin Davis, Harvey Weinstein, Hermann Goering. No one screws around with us for long.

  Bernie Brillstein

  Believe, Mean, Long

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• We shall continue, in this era of negotiation, to work for the limitation of nuclear arms and to reduce the danger of confrontation between the great powers.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Nuclear, Arms, Eras

  Second Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1973

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• Citizens often think of a state's interests in terms of the promotion of ideals such as democracy, a particular way of life, or other values which they endorse or see as part of their historical continuity and identity. In this domain as in others values are not fixed, and so a state's interests are dynamic and in a constant state of negotiation and construction.

  Dale Jamieson

  Thinking, Historical, Identity

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• I should also say that apart from the negotiations that are taking place within the WTO, we are ourselves involved in all manner of bilateral negotiations, or, if they are not bilateral, with the South African Customs Union and the European Union. All the member countries of the European Union have now ratified the agreement that we have with the EU and that opens up the EU market in various ways.

  Thabo Mbeki

  Country, Agreement, Way

  Source: www.gov.za

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• [9/11] was not meant to be argued with. It wasn't part of any negotiation. No message was intended with it. It spoke for itself, which is unusual.

  Edward Said

  Were Not Meant To Be, Messages, Unusual

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• The Paris climate conference in December, 2015 was a recognition that countries bring their climate policies to international meetings rather than create them during the negotiations (much less do they receive orders from the international community and then go home and implement them).

  Dale Jamieson

  Country, Home, Order

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• I'm going to continue to push for a no-fly zone and safe havens within Syria not only to help protect the Syrians and prevent the constant outflow of refugees, but to, frankly, gain some leverage on both the Syrian government and the Russians so that perhaps we can have the kind of serious negotiation necessary to bring the conflict to an end and go forward on a political track.

  Hillary Clinton

  Safe Haven, Government, Track

  The third presidential debate between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump, www.nytimes.com. October 20, 2016.

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