Yuval Levin Quotes

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

Hold on. It’s not a fight. It’s a discussion.

There's always a way to talk.

I don't think that confrontation always leads to a solution.

Two men can talk on the phone and maybe not agree on everything but at least respect each other.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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This is a duty now. Pick up the phone and call me, particularly when your ideas differ from mine.

I must remind the right honorable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance.

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

In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.

If you are willing to listen and if you are willing to sit around the table, sometimes especially with the people who you think you disagree with the most, it is still really possible to get things done.

The best way to minimize disagreement is to make sure that all the stakeholders are in the room.

It's important for people to give every leader the chance to step forward and look for ways to have dialogue.

The brave view is that talking it out helps work it out. Maybe the realistic view is that talking it out inflames the issues further. But that is America, especially these days.

Discussion in America means dissent.

Dialogue means debates and everyone's point of view.

You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other.

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