Melvin R. Laird Quotes

I think with the right leadership on both sides and the right president, we can get a lot done.

The important thing is that we recognize our President's leadership, that he is not saying: I am going to walk away from this. He is saying: I am going to do the right thing.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

Abraham Lincoln, in order to maintain the unity of the United States...resorted to the use of force....so, I think Abraham Lincoln, president, is a model, is an example.

Conciliation is the enemy.

Stop the fighting and find the middle ground.

Our country must be strong enough to solve problems, and that means we must learn how to work together again.

Whoever said “Keep your enemies close” didn’t have many enemies.

Thankfully, President Trump doesn't just complain about problems - he solves them.

I am very grateful to my colleagues for their support. There is a big job before us: to unite our party and the country, to negotiate the best possible deal as we leave the EU, and to make Britain work for everyone.

Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure.

Many hard comments have been made on my efforts in India from the side of the Congress party, yet I feel content in the deep conviction that the offer I traveled 22,000 miles to discuss with Indian leaders was a real contribution to a solution of our differences.

Whether you agree with me or disagree with me; like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British nation.

A prime minister has to keep a certain balance when dealing with sensitive issues.

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

I have seen for the first time in 100 years of conflict, the two peoples - the Israeli people and the Palestinian people - are ahead of their leaderships.

There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House... I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living.

I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had negotiated the final release of the hostages.

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

Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world.

I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.

The United States is a strong and ardent ally of Israel. The fact of the matter is that friends can disagree. I think what's important is that world leaders are able to sit down with one another, have frank conversations and move forward.

The job of a leader, the job of a governor, the job of a president, is to get the people in the room and bang enough heads together and rub enough arms and cajole enough to have them put the country and the state's greater interest ahead of their own personal partisan interest. That's what we did in New Jersey and that's the model for America.

To craftsmanship we shall add statesmanship in the capitol of peace.

I know Barack Obama. And I believe that as president, he'll pursue the common good by seeking common ground rather than trying to divide us.