Robert Moses Quotes

Leaders alone can rarely make peace. They have to bring people along.

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

The art of government is the art of negotiating and compromise.

In campaigning, you want to slay your opponent. In governing, you want to make love to your opponent.

In peace, as there is more time to spare, the leaders are expected to persuade the rank and file, instead of commanding them.

Compromise is the oil that makes government go.

Truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

By nature, I am a unifier. I am a builder of consensus. I don't believe in sloppy compromise. But I do believe in bringing people together.

Choose the path of dialogue rather than the path of unilateral decisions.

I've got my own mind, and I'll talk about it, but I'm willing to listen. I'm very balanced like that. If you don't want a guy who's balanced, who wants to win, and can bring people together well... I don't know.

I think with the right leadership on both sides and the right president, we can get a lot done.

I believe in friendly compromise. I said over in the Senate hearings that truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

If the auto plants in Detroit would just sit around the table and say, 'What do we gotta do to make this thing work?' Instead of, 'I want this and I want that.' They might make it.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

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

Businesses that run well are almost like marriages. Everything has to be up for discussion, or there will be real problems.

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

You learn how to compromise and you learn how to read each other. Honestly, being in a band with two guys has prepared me so much for when it's time for me to get married!

I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners.

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.

As a member of Congress, I'm often reminded that in baseball, as in diplomacy, you have to know when to hit, when to run, and when to show grace.

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.

You cannot work with men who won't work with you.

I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.