John Delaney Quotes

Unless you are willing to compromise, society cannot live together.

The two parties should be turning to each other rather than on each other.

It is only when the partisan shouting stops that we can hear each other's voices and concerns.

All sides must learn to respect one another.

We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.

I hope it goes beyond meeting with them to a willingness to listen and compromise on issues.

We need a lot more respect in this country for compromise…. There is in compromise a lot of integrity, especially political integrity.

if we stop talking at one another, and start talking with one another, we can get a lot done.

You don't promote the cause of peace by talking only to people with whom you agree.

I have tried to treat people on the other side civilly and look for common ground.

If you are willing to listen and if you are willing to sit around the table, sometimes especially with the people who you think you disagree with the most, it is still really possible to get things done.

I'm not opposed to talking with anyone who is willing to talk.

You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.

My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

We Liberal Democrats believe in dialogue. We believe in cooperation with both sides of industry and between both sides of industry. And we believe in the language of cooperation. We reject the language of confrontation.

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

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.

Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.

Costa Rica believes in building bridges, in looking for solutions to problems, and not clinging to positions.

Genuine dialogue, not rhetorical bomb-throwing, leads to progress.

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

If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems.

If you listen, you'll learn. If you talk over each other, you don't accomplish anything.