Negotiation Quotes - Page 13

• 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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• There is no straightforward negotiation with a four year old.

  John Irving

  Years, Four, Straightforward

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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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• We got an international coalition [against Iran], and we imposed that. It was slow, patient diplomacy, nothing at all particularly headline-worthy. But then you got to the point where the negotiations - which I started and Secretary [John] Kerry completed - I think made the world safer.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Iran, World

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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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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• Before a negotiation can proceed and be completed, what is outside the scope of negotiation needs to be agreed.

  Christine Lagarde

  Needs, Scope

  "Christine Lagarde on slow growth, inequality and fighting cynicism". Interview with Kevin Carmichael, www.macleans.ca. September 12, 2016.

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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 developing countries must be able to take a more active part in trade negotiations, through technical assistance and support from the developed countries.

  Anna Lindh

  Country, Support, Developing Countries

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• If I'm the British prime minister I won't be dictated to on the timetable or the manner of the negotiations.

  Michael Gove

  Prime, Ministers, British

  "Michael Gove tells the BBC that Boris Johnson wasn't up to the Tory leader job". Interview with Laura Kuenssberg, www.mirror.co.uk. June 30, 2016.

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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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• Our goal is peace. We can gain that peace by strengthening our alliances, by speaking candidly about the dangers before us, by assuring potential adversaries of our seriousness, by actively pursuing every chance of honest and fruitful negotiation.

  Ronald Reagan

  Memorial Day, Goal, Alliances

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I would have worked with the devil himself if he'd been for the six hour day and worker control of the hiring hall.

  Harry Bridges

  Evil, Six, Hours

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• I think we are making an assumption that that is the outcome of the negotiations. I think President Assad will be prepared to accept whatever the outcome of the intra-Syrian dialogue and the decision of the Syrian people is. But people are trying to decide and determine the outcome of the negotiation before even we agree to start the negotiations.

  Mohammad Javad Zarif

  Thinking, People, Decision

  "Iran's Javad Zarif on Syria, Russia, and Donald Trump". Interview with Robin Wright, www.newyorker.com. December 18, 2015.

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• The Afghan "negotiation phase" immediately precedes the traditional Afghan "surrender phase." This entails the following: The defeated party surrenders and then comes out shooting. This is repeated several times. Finally, the vanquished party runs out of ammunition and is forced to surrender ' but seriously this time ' at which point the victors kill the foreigners and hug their fellow Afghans like long-lost brothers.

  Ann Coulter

  Running, Brother, Party

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• I was gonna open a gym and was in negotiation to buy the gym I was working out at. It was a small mom-and-pop and (the owner) wanted to move back to the west coast. My wife at (that) time came down with skin cancer.

  Drew Waters

  Mom, Cancer, Moving

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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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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