Nigel Lawson Quotes

I have disagreements with leadership, I have disagreements with the speaker, but I have those one-on-one.

Disagreement on issues doesn't mean 'dissension.' All it means is that honest men can differ in their approach. You lay out your positions, and president makes a decision.

I am totally down with disagreement. I don't like Haterade, but disagreement is wonderful. When someone disagrees, we try to reach common ground. That's good.

The only way to conduct an effective collaboration is to debate the things upon which you disagree. If one doesn't manage to bring the other around to his point of view, then whichever collaborator feels the most passionate about the thing being debated ought to get his way.

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

I can do whatever I want. They will tell me if what I am doing is stupid or a total waste of time. I may tell them that they are wrong, and we will come to an agreement.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

Never fight turf on turf. Fight it on the basis of ideas.

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!

One should not maintain a dispute.

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.

If I had a row with my husband, it's not going to work my saying, 'Right, if you don't do what I want, I'm going to walk out.' It doesn't work on any level. What you do is you go in and you say, 'I have a problem. You have a problem. Let's try and sort this out together.' You don't come to an agreement with people who you're falling out with badly.

We need to stop telling each other to shut up. We need to get comfortable with the reality that no one is going to shut up.

It's better to negotiate behind closed doors than it is to be out throwing rocks at one another in the public square.

There is a way to disagree with someone, but it doesn't have to be threatening.

We must acknowledge that there are factions in our movements... We should not be telling lies to each other; we should tell the truth to each other with the view that there will be unity.

When you have a lot of communication, it picks up the aggressiveness with everybody on the court.

I feel like anything can be worked out; you just gotta talk through it as adults.

Mediation is one of the most effective tools of non-violence. It can turn parties away from conflict, towards compromise.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.

If you have a problem and you can't find a solution, you meet again tomorrow and you keep talking until you find a solution. You can disagree with behavior or a particular position, but you do not resort to calling an opponent worthless.

There are more than enough to fight and oppose; why waste good time fighting the people you like?

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

Our best comes out when we have honest discussions.

Arguments are healthy. They clear the air.