Aaron Hill Quotes

Reasonable, sensible men can always make a reasonable scheme appear such to other reasonable men.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

I haven't given up on the possibility that sweet reason will prevail.

I don't have to fight if I don't want to.

You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

Soft words and hard arguments.

In peace, as there is more time to spare, the leaders are expected to persuade the rank and file, instead of commanding them.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's somebody doing something because I pushed them in that direction.

It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.

To advise is not to compel.

I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am not at liberty to travel that road.

An agreement cannot be the result of an imposition.

So much of life is a negotiation - so even if you're not in business, you have opportunities to practice all around you.

You will never convince anyone to do anything unless you believe it should be done.

Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.

You can't make people respond.

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.

I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason.

One must do things in such a way that people believe that they want it to be done this way.

You don’t have to be confrontational of aggressive to get to where you want to be or get people to do what you want to do.

I don't twist arms. I shake hands.

Unless you’re prepared to use force, it’s very difficult to deal with a person who understands only force.