Narendra Modi Quotes

Listen to others. Do not conduct foreign policy only according to your own ideology. Do not conduct foreign policy only with an eye on domestic politics.

There is an appealing moral clarity in dividing the world into friend and foe. But in reality, progress in international affairs so often demands working with those with whom we do not see eye to eye.

You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.

I don't ever talk about red lines whether in coalition negotiations with other partners or in Europe. It is important that we listen to others and find a way forward.

I will go anywhere, anytime, to meet with anyone to find common ground.

There's a time for debate and a time for consensus. There's a time for advocacy and time for first principles.

We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone.

In politics, you must let the other person have your way.

We are going to have to discuss with and seek the opinions of other countries. We don't wish to offend anyone, least of all a country we hold in such deep regard as the United Kingdom.

There comes a point, in any kind of, whether it's in your family discussions or business or whatever, where you finally have to get over the making of the points and now let's see if we can find common ground.

We aren't going to agree on everything and there will be other areas where we will be working together.

Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions by many people in many countries. It is an attitude, a way of life, a way of solving problems and resolving conflicts.

Bipartisanship is like marriage. It takes two to make it work. It only takes one to make it a failure. The President has been playing politics with foreign policy.

The main purpose of dialogue is to come to an agreement on how the two parties can work together, realize their mutual interests, and avoid conflict as much as possible

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.

I'm sure they can grin and bear it for a week. After all it's for world peace.

A policy that can be accurately, though perhaps not prudently, defined as one of “peaceful co-existence.”

Our system will prevail but it must be tested by talk and trade.

You don’t do foreign policy unilaterally. Foreign policy is a team sport.

We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for it, pay for it in our own behavior and in material ways. We will have to want it enough to overcome our lethargy and go out and find all those in other countries who want it as much as we do.

I like Mr. Gorbachev; we can do business together.

Compromise is not a word that generally makes political hearts flutter, and it is even less loved when it comes to the politics of U. S. foreign policy