Thomas M. Foglietta Quotes

You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder.

I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.

It’s better to negotiate with a soft voice and a loaded gun, than to negotiate with just a soft voice.

Negotiation is not a solution and will not solve anything. Those who think of negotiation when they are threatened only reveal their weakness and incapability. That is a bad move.

UN administrators ... think that no problem in the world is too intractable to be solved by negotiation. These mandarins fail to grasp that men with guns do not respect men with nothing but flapping gums ... Just as the US Marine Corps breeds warriors, so the UN’s culture breeds conciliators.

Anyone who has ever negotiated an agreement knows that in order to get it, you have to be willing to walk away from the table..

You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

You do not get what you want. You get what you negotiate.

In any negotiation, my goal is to be the most unreasonable person in the room.

There’s no reason to respect anyone’s word in that part of the world. The only thing they respect is force and the threat of force.

You can't get a diplomatic solution unless behind that, is the threat of force.

Come now, and let us reason together or you shall be devoured by the sword.

If you threaten force, you better be ready to use it.

What matters is not whether one talks to adversaries but what one says to them, which strategies of engagement are set in place, and how competently they are executed.

When you negotiate a deal, you clearly know a lot about the other person.

One cannot negotiate under fire.

I want the tigard. (Varyk) And I want you to leave. Guess who’s going to win this argument? And in case you’re even denser than you appear, it’s not you. (Dev)

I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

I’m not leaving,” Sam said, his eyes fixed on the boy he was holding. “Not until Disney Princess here apologizes, or his head comes off, one of the two.

I don’t like being threatened, lied to, or manipulated. You’d do well to remember that. (Simone) Or what? You’re going to snivel at me? (Xypher)

Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.

When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.

He will apologize, or I'll give him a lesson in swordplay he will not like at all.

You concede nothing to me and I have to concede everything to you.