Vladimir Lenin Quotes

We can't always agree on everything.

Reasonable people can have differences.

When you can agree on one thing, you should have no expectation that suddenly a person is converted to your way of thinking. You have to be willing to be frustrated constantly.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.

I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.

If you lose an argument it doesn't mean you change your mind but you have to accept the decision.

As long as there are two nations, two parties, two sexes or even two people there are going to be divisions. And all the talk in the world isn't going to change that. Thank goodness!

I don't have to agree with everything you say, but I should attempt at least to understand it, for the opposite of mutual understanding is, quite simply, war.

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

I have tried to maintain civil relationships with everyone I meet - and, even if I violently disagree with them, try to be respectful.

To me, it's OK to have differences. But we don't have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that's where sometimes we get so passionate that we - you know, it turns into anger.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

Between you and me, I think that may be one of the things that will help with the collaboration, because there are things Eric thinks I'm moving too quickly on, and there are things I think he's dragging out. When it gets to the editor they can arbitrate.

Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.

We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't.

Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.

To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to understand that someone you disagree with is not just a terrible creature but somebody with whom you disagree.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

It's not necessary with your friends to discuss something you know you will disagree profoundly on.

We may disagree on some things, but we can do so without being disagreeable.

You can like somebody without agreeing with all of their policies.

It is natural to have differences and still remain friends.