Arthur Scargill Quotes

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests.

Compromise is a stalling between two fools.

The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight.

I am insulted by the persistent asertion that I want war. Am I a fool? War! It would settle nothing.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall take flack from both sides."- Unofficial UN Motto

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

I like to win without fighting. But if I can't, then I'm prepared to fight.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

There is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument—and that is to avoid it.

The violent will not come to a natural end.

There is no such thing as a conflict that cannot be ended.

We want instant food … instant peace. We need patience, patience, patience

It is an ambitious agenda, but the approach to Russia should be, 'Confront where we must, but cooperate where we can.'

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

To me, there's no point in having confrontation for the sake of it.

I believe that it's important to not just shy away from confrontation.

Mediation is one of the most effective tools of non-violence. It can turn parties away from conflict, towards compromise.

As we ride the elevator Gale finally says “You're still angry.” “And you're still not sorry,” I reply. "I will stand by what I said. Do you want me to lie about it?” he asks. “No, I want you to rethink it and come up with the right opinion,” I tell him.

Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet filled; and unless we can return a little more to first principles, and act a little more upon patriotic ground, I do not know when it will-or-what may be the issue of the contest. Speculation-peculation-engrossing-forestalling-with all their concomitants, afford too many melancholy proofs of the decay of public virtue; and too glaring instances of its being the interest and desire of too many, who would wish to be thought friends, to continue the war.

Without compromise repression would be defeated. Just as some cancers feed on hormones, compromise becomes the hormone of oppression.