Aesop Quotes

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.

You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done

Jaw jaw is better than war war.

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

What you can do with relations is greater than what you can do with guns.

Jane! will you hear reason?' (he stooped and approached his lips to my ear) 'because, if you won't, I'll try violence.

But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is no ground with this man or woman except to fight them.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Information is a negotiator's greatest weapon.

We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

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're all negotiators.

When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period.

I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation.

War is what happens when language fails.

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

Diplomacy is fundamentally working with people, bringing people together to deal with difficult issues.

I've been dealing with politicians all my life. All my life. And I've always gotten them to do what I need them to do.

You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

I've never believed that the only way to make a dent is to be a table thumper.

Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers, which are always repulsed by the anvil.

The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.

Most negotiators are trying to get their way.

If you are explaining, you are losing.