Dean Inge Quotes

It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.

It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.

Most negotiators are trying to get their way.

As long as there is a great disparity of power which makes negotiations seem to be unnecessary to one side, that causes them to believe that they can accomplish their purposes without it.

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.

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.

Our attitudes are fostered by a society built on ideas of dominance, where the solution to crises are force and action, rather than reflection and compromise.

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

Fair play doesn't pertain in bargaining. What matters there is leverage.

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs.

Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

Because everyone in the world has the power to edit, Wikipedia has long been plagued by the so-called edit war. This is like a house where the husband wants it warm and the wife wants it cool and they sneak back and forth adjusting the thermostat at cross purposes.

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

No violent extreme endures.

All oppression creates a state of war.

Sure, I've met with people I don't agree with.

The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong for us to pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between men.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

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.

You have to show Israel that it's not going to be forced to do things it doesn't want to do and can't do.

Man is to man either a god or a wolf.