Anat Cohen Quotes

No one is served by continued uncertainty and fractious debate.

Do we have to talk in order to agree or agree in order to talk?

Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.

You cannot compromise unless people talk to you.

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

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

I don't want to argue with you Mr. Speaker. I'm just trying to give you my thoughts.

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

If we can’t agree on the facts, how can we agree on the solutions?

If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.

I am good at persuading people. In convincing the other, I try to start from their point of view so it's easier for me to find a common denominator.

I have ideas, but those ideas could be wrong. The only way that you would change someone's mind is through dialogue, through productive discussion. If you're not going to have productive discussion, what are you going to do?

All sides must learn to respect one another.

It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad.

I would love nothing more than compromise. But I would say to you that compromise that's not a solution is a waste of time.

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

Debate is so much better than denial.

Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.

He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.

When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners.

There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same.