#negotiating

The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#capability #figure #fully #good #interests

Whether you agree with me or disagree with me; like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British nation. ↗

— John Major

#am #behalf #bind #british #disagree

We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

#going #land #longer #negotiating #take

Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. ↗

— Dean Acheson

#anxious #assumes #classic #diplomatic #disagree

You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder. ↗

— Joe Slovo

#got #gun #keep #negotiating #over

Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying to reach agreements with are people who can be trusted to keep their word. ↗

— Caspar Weinberger

#foolish #indeed #ineffective #keep #negotiating

The press secretary who starts to narrow down or close the president's options because he answers delicate negotiating questions no longer serves the president. ↗

— Ari Fleischer

#because #close #delicate #down #longer

Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to trust you, and what kind of deals they'll offer at the negotiating table. There's also some emotional response in there, so factions do bear grudges. Just like the real thing. ↗

— Mike Simpson

#allies #also #bear #deals #emotional

It took a long time to get out of my contract. The producers thought I was negotiating for more money. ↗

— Sherry Stringfield

#get #i #long #long time #money

There is only so much negotiating and maneuvering that can be done while the aircraft is under siege in mid-air. Therefore, the best way to put a stop to hijacking is by having high levels of security implemented by qualified and trained personnel both on the ground and in the air. ↗

— Isaac Yeffet

#aircraft #best #best way #both #done