William P. Leahy Quotes

When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it's an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.

I don't think that confrontation always leads to a solution.

Our position is that we can sit down and talk to try to solve our problems through dialogue.

There is no conflict that can’t be solved.

I mean, I'm a big believer in talking to people when you can and trying to solve problems when you can.

As long as there is communication, everything can be solved.

Surely, serious problems can't be solved just by talking about them.

I've grown up a little bit. I understand the importance of the negotiation. It is a collective act.

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.

My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems?

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

Talk brings opponents together.

Conflict resolution, all those things, are important. When you're in a group environment, you have to have those. If you don't, things fester. Have the conversation. Resolve it. Move forward.

Even when the views are contradictory, talks are the only way forward and problems should be resolved through dialogue.

The best weapon is to sit down and talk.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

Sometimes you need conflict in order to come up with a solution. Through weakness, oftentimes, you can't make the right sort of settlement, so I'm aggressive, but I also get things done, and in the end, everybody likes me.

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.

My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I'm in and I'll handle it and I'll make it work.

I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.

You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other.

Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.

Diplomacy is fundamentally working with people, bringing people together to deal with difficult issues.