Negotiate Quotes
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More Negotiate Quotes
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. …Together let us explore the stars.
john f. kennedy— Inaugural address, Washington, January 20, 1961.
So to engraft our hands, as yet Was all the means to make us one, And pictures in our eyes to get Was all our propagation. And whilst our souls negotiate there, We like sepulchral statues lay; All day, the same our postures were, And we said nothing all the day.
john donne— c.1595-1605 'The Ecstasy', collected in Songs and Sonnets (1633).
If we are to negotiate, I envisage that we shall playan essentially modest role; that of an honest broker who really intends to do business.
— 1878 Speech to the Reichstag,19 Feb, on preventing war in Europe.
I've been in contact with Marshal Badoglio. We agree that Italy must be saved from the abyss toward which Fascism is driving her. If we depose Mussolini, however, the new government should do nothing drastic to upset Hitler until we can secretly negotiate an armistice with the Allies.
ugo cavallero— Quoted in "Improbable Heroes" - by Carl L. Steinhouse - History - 2005 - Page 104
Let every eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (1598-99), Act II, scene 1, line 185.
The days are over when technology can be advanced in laboratories by individual scientists alone. Now you need an army of lawyers to negotiate the hazardous terrain of interlocking patents. Unless we find a solution to the problem of interlocking patents, the patent system may actually impede the very innovation it was designed to encourage.
ha-joon chang— Ch. 6, The tyranny of interlocking patents, p. 128.
We cannot and we will not negotiate with terrorists. We have nothing but contempt for them. To conciliate differences with these people without them changing their objectives is to condemn our Republic to ultimate strangulation and death.
Ferdinand Edralin Marcos— Extemporaneous remarks during the Meeting with the Leaders of Regions I and II, Mansion House, Baguio City (15 March 1981)
I made it very clear, at that time, before and after, that we will not negotiate with terrorist organizations, that Hamas would have to abandon their terrorism, their advocacy to the extermination of the state of Israel, and be willing to negotiate in a way that recognizes the right of the state of Israel and abandons their terrorist position and advocacy.
john mccain— Speaking in Charleston, West Virginia, May 14, 2008
I stand ready to negotiate, but I want no part of laws: I acknowledge none; I protest against every order with which some authority may feel pleased on the basis of some alleged necessity to over-rule my free will. Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of government .
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon— "The Authority Principle" in No Gods, No Masters : An Anthology of Anarchism (1980) Daniel Guérin, as translated by Paul Sharkey (1998), p. 90
The root causes of armed conflict, among them the race for natural resources, economic imbalances, and ethnic and religious tensions must be resolved, respecting the obligation to settle disputes by peaceful means under Article 2 (3) of the Charter. The obligation to negotiate is jus cogens, “negotiation” meaning dialogue and compromise, not the dictates of the stronger over the weaker.
alfred de zayas— United Nations General Assembly - Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order [19]
This new declaration which emphasizes the necessity of global disarmament is based on the purposes and principles of the United Nations, in particular the prohibition of the threat and use of force, and on the obligation to negotiate disputes in conformity with the UN Charter. It is a strong and positive example for the entire world.
alfred de zayas— CELAC / Zone of Peace: “A key step to countering the globalization of militarism” – UN Expert [71]
The root causes of armed conflict, among them the race for natural resources, economic imbalances, and ethnic and religious tensions must be resolved, respecting the obligation to settle disputes by peaceful means under Article 2 (3) of the Charter. The obligation to negotiate is jus cogens, “negotiation” meaning dialogue and compromise, not the dictates of the stronger over the weaker.
— United Nations General Assembly - Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order [19]
It is the responsibility of all of us to remind governments of their commitments to settle disputes by peaceful means and to negotiate in good faith under the UN Charter, and to denounce war agitation particularly by the media.
— Rights expert urges the UN General Assembly to adopt a more decisive role in peace-making (For International Day of Peace, Saturday 21 September 2013) [60]
This new declaration which emphasizes the necessity of global disarmament is based on the purposes and principles of the United Nations, in particular the prohibition of the threat and use of force, and on the obligation to negotiate disputes in conformity with the UN Charter. It is a strong and positive example for the entire world.
— CELAC / Zone of Peace: “A key step to countering the globalization of militarism” – UN Expert [71]
In business , you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.
— Chester L. Karrass (1994) Negotiating Game Rev; cited in: Scott Gabehart (1997) The Upstart Guide to Buying, Valuing, and Selling Your Business. p. 143
Chargemasters contain laughably high prices that hospital administrators don’t even try to justify. (They don’t seem to know how they were set to begin with, and argue that they’re misleading because insurance companies always negotiate lower ones.) Yet people without insurance, or with too little insurance, often end up paying chargemaster prices.
— Bloomberg View editorial board (February 24, 2013). "Bringing Down Health-Care Costs Isn’t Always Complicated". Bloomberg View. Retrieved on March 7, 2013.
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
— John F. Kennedy, inaugural address (January 20, 1961); in The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961, p. 2.
Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore, all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself And trust no agent.
— Act II, scene 1, line 182.
While we shall negotiate freely, we shall not negotiate freedom.
— John F. Kennedy's Address at the University of Washington's 100th Anniversary Program (16 November 1961).
I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table.
— Thom Mayne, in THE IDEA OF THE FUTURE IS DEAD’ Interview with Thom Mayne by Anna Tilroe
Moms and daughters can negotiate over anything, and they can go on longer than it took to settle the Vietnam War.
Steve Schirripa— American actor, producer, author, and voice artist
It is the responsibility of all of us to remind governments of their commitments to settle disputes by peaceful means and to negotiate in good faith under the UN Charter, and to denounce war agitation particularly by the media.
alfred de zayas— Rights expert urges the UN General Assembly to adopt a more decisive role in peace-making (For International Day of Peace, Saturday 21 September 2013) [60]
