Henry Clay Quotes

One should not maintain a dispute.

You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.

A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.

There will be no fighting. We know that these fellows won’t fight.

Compromise is an underrated virtue. The world is awash with dead people because politicians would not compromise.

Compromise, compromise and compromise.

A verdict satisfies one, but reconciliation satisfies two.

Ultimately, peace depends on compromise.

All sides must learn to respect one another.

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

The ongoing conflict between us has caused heavy suffering to both peoples. The future can and must be different. Both our peoples are destined to live together side by side, on this small piece of land. This reality we cannot change.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal.

Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.

It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator is a step in the direction of peace.

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.

Whenever there's negotiations, there's things that you absolutely love, and there's things that you accept.

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

Agreements are always the product of time and place.