Jimi Manuwa Quotes

A huge amount of negotiations and diplomacy has nothing to do with bartering or arguing but is just trying to get everyone [doing the negotiating] on the same page. It takes yours, days, even weeks sometimes.

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

To have compromise you must first have dialog. That is the true path of democracy.

I know that speaking with parties, which I do, but not very often, is seen by many as a 'contamination.'

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

I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.

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

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

I can't really fight.

I can do the PR thing until the cows come home. That's my nature. I never want to upset anybody.

I'm still conflict-averse. I don't like to argue.

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

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

Negotiations take time.

Talk brings opponents together.

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.

You gotta get into some confrontations sometimes to get the right result on the floor, but I think the bulk of our membership wants us to work out problems before a bill comes to the floor.

I am not a confrontational person. I have never had a fight in my life - neither with a man nor a girl.

The challenge in multi-lateral negotiations is not to lose sight of one's over-arching goal in the midst of the cacophony of opinions at the bargaining table.

If there are differences of views or divergence of ideas, they can be resolved through discussion and dialogue.

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

Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.

My own rhetoric is not so 'us versus them.' I don't like fighting.

I'm a very friendly person, and I think that's had a big impact on my work because I tend to be pretty good with not trying to always win every argument and things like that. I just sort of try to bring a lot of people together to talk.

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.