Barack Obama Quotes

When people are divided, the only solution is agreement.

Encourage a readiness to find consensus.

We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun.

The thing is: in order to reach an agreement, to reach that balance, sometimes it is sort of like that old Rhinestone Cowboy lyric, 'There'll be a load of compromisin' on the road to my horizon.' For those of you who were too young, or don't recall the song, made famous by country singer Glen Campbell, it is your loss.

If we cannot agree, then at least we ought to move on.

There comes a point, in any kind of, whether it's in your family discussions or business or whatever, where you finally have to get over the making of the points and now let's see if we can find common ground.

Compromise in colors is grey.

I choose to bring people together. I choose to seek compromise.

The art of politics is to find something in the middle that satisfies most.

[Addressing Congress:] The people await action. They did not send us here to bicker ... Let us negotiate soon—and hard. But in the end, let us produce.

Decisions will be made to the contentment of all parties.

You must have a majority to make peace, not just a good idea.

I think the danger is to try and please everyone.

Business deals are successfully negotiated every day throughout America. The common thread is a mutual desire to reach an accord. And the media business is no different.

First fight. Then fiddle.

Politics and more politics - that's how you work towards the building of agreements.

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

That which neither weapon nor flame could accomplish will be achieved by a sweet speaking tongue in council.

The time is right for a political solution and the way is negotiations.

The Bible says that two cannot walk together unless they are agreed.

It's the perfect definition of a settlement. Both parties didn't get what they wanted.

Consensus doesn't happen by magic... You have to drive to it.

My views are just about the same as Casey's.

Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to each other.

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.