Karen Handel Quotes

There is never any military solution to any problem. Even when you have total victory you still have to go in and talk to people.

There is no conflict in the world that cannot be solved.

A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated.

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.

I'm a mediator by training and inclination.

In Turkey, we have lived almost everything that could be lived; war and torture... The war concept was consumed to its limits. But there is only one way we have not tried: negotiations, peace, and talking.

The only thing you think of is that you are in the middle and that you've got to find a way to stop it.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Sometimes you need conflict in order to come up with a solution. Through weakness, oftentimes, you can't make the right sort of settlement, so I'm aggressive, but I also get things done, and in the end, everybody likes me.

The time is right for a political solution and the way is negotiations.

You have to pick your battles on set.

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.

I think placing preconditions before negotiations is the quickest way to undermine peace.

I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table.

I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.

We call upon all sides to stop hostilities and restart peace talks.

Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way.

My colleagues and I have gone in the footsteps of our predecessors since the very first day we were called by our people to care for their future. We went any place, we looked for any avenue, we made any effort to bring about negotiations between Israel and its neighbors, negotiations without which peace remains an abstract desire.

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

I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.

To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.

I'm a diplomat by nature. I help find the middle ground. I crack a joke and use humour to help resolve potentially vicious situations quickly. It gets things in perspective and helps everyone to see that things aren't as bad as they seem.

The art of politics is to design a solution that feels painless to all.