#negotiation

There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle... There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender. ↗

— Peter Pace

#been #between #forces #going #ground

I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state and Palestinian state, entity, next to us, living in peace. ↗

— Yitzhak Rabin

#between #chairman #coexistence #enter #entities

Imagine if, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast residents had to wait on Democrats and Republicans to agree on cuts before receiving clean water or loans to rebuild. Congress' negotiations often come slow or not at all. ↗

— Cedric Richmond

#agree #before #clean #clean water #coast

We've talked to the Europeans about it. It's clear if those negotiations fail, then we are agreed with the Europeans that the next step is to take the matter to the U.N. Security Council. ↗

— Stephen Hadley

#agreed #clear #council #europeans #fail

To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on one's manhood. ↗

— Myriam Miedzian

#also #casts #committed #considered #deeply

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

Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's? ↗

— King Abdullah II

#compromises #concessions #during #freedom #gifts

The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts. And there was a considerable challenge to that here and understandably so. ↗

— Howard Baker

#any #challenge #considerable #cult thing #deal

Negotiation is not a policy. It's a technique. It's something you use when it's to your advantage, and something that you don't use when it's not to your advantage. ↗

— John Bolton

#negotiation #policy #something #technique #use

This death cult has no reason and is beyond negotiation. This is what makes it so frightening. This is what causes so many to engage in a sort of mental diversion. They don't want to confront this horror. So they rush off in search of more comprehensible things to hate. ↗

— David Brooks

#causes #comprehensible #confront #cult #death