Edmund S. Muskie Quotes

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

There's not a problem we have that we can't talk out. We can't shout it out.

How else are we going to get anywhere if we can't talk to each other?

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

'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

The fact that talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.

Talk brings opponents together.

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

The more people talk directly to each other, the better. Dialogue is the way of solving issues.

We can calm down our argument a little so that we can learn what it is that we are actually arguing about.

I mean, I'm a big believer in talking to people when you can and trying to solve problems when you can.

I feel like I've always been a great mediator.

I don't mind have an uncomfortable conversation if those uncomfortable conversations can lead to a bigger dialogue and help us get to a better understanding of whatever it is we are discussing.

As long as there is communication, everything can be solved.

It's important to work through things in a relationship. You can't just give up because you're frustrated. It's most important to talk things through together. And that, for me, has been the way I've best resolved problems in the past.

Two great talkers will not travel far together.

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.

I think we should all talk to our enemies and talk to our friends. Talk! That's the only way we'll find solutions.

To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.

I don't have the ability to find a middle ground with my audiences, and I know this too well.

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

Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything.

Don't beg, don't threaten and don't assume you're always right.

Carrying our successful diplomacy is difficult if you do not have ears for things you do not want to hear.