Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes

Free nations with different histories, economies and a vast amount of stubborn pride will never achieve complete agreement, even when they desire the same objectives.

Not every time there's a disagreement is somebody lying.

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

We cannot agree on everything but we must agree on the framework.

A word of truth can mobilise two peoples looking for the road to reconciliation.

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

The relationship between a client must be 'we.'

We can't always agree on everything.

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

Societies can easily talk themselves into conflict and misery. But they can also talk, and act, their way out.

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.

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

We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions!

When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good, but what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.

We can not go back to a situation where we are cozy with the separatists.

If we can’t even agree on the facts, it will be very difficult for us to lock arms and deal with these problems.

Ultimately, peace depends on compromise.

As long as you continue to contend about these small and very insignificant questions, it is not fitting that so large a portion of God's people should be under the direction of your judgment, since you are thus divided between yourselves. I believe it indeed to be not merely unbecoming, but positively evil, that such should be the case.

I think it's important to understand people can disagree on things, and still move forward.

Good governance requires working toward common ground. It isn't easy.

When you start to work with someone, there's a negotiation that takes place involving what's going to happen when you have a difference of opinion. Most attempts at collaboration never survive the negotiation. Merely being agreeable is not enough.

Republicans - well, we're all part of the same family. We need to have some good disagreements with each other; we need to debate, but in the end, it's all about uniting, not dividing.

Interactions - whether personal or business, teacher-student, friend to friend, or family member - all call for balance, respect, and compassion.

Every team boat will have its disagreements and arguments, but if it doesn't kill us or the boat, it will make us stronger.