Elaine Chao Quotes

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.

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad.

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

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

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

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.

Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

It is possible for political forces to agree.

I say that to my colleagues, by the way, in the internal Cabinet meetings, I say, 'Look, I want to be very clear about what I want.' I just - I don't want a peace process, I want a peace result.

The time for negotiation has arrived.

I don't twist arms. I shake hands.

[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.

All legislation is founded upon the principle of mutual concession.

Negotiations take time.

Encourage a readiness to find consensus.

All who wish peace ought to unite in the means which may facilitate its attainment.

Talks are not the same thing as agreements.

Ultimately, peace depends on compromise.

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

You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.

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.

We are hopeful that the North Koreans can show a little bit more realism, a little bit more flexibility.

A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated.