Bernard Debre Quotes

The first rule of negotiations is that normally you have to give to get.

If any agreement between two nations is to last, it must serve the best interests of both nations.

It is never exactly clear what makes something a quid or a quo.

Everything is a negotiation. Everything is a little bit of give and take.

No transaction happens unless it is voluntary. It only happens if both of you think you win.

I always think if you are asking somebody for something it is a good idea to give them something first.

It was a mutual thing. I made a deal with them: I asked them if they did not bring out the place card of Malachi, I would let them have two minutes with each one of my patients.

In a deal, you give and take. You compromise. Then you grab the cash and catch the next train out of town.

You help me, I'll help you. That's politics.

All legislation is founded upon the principle of mutual concession.

I hope I use them more than they use me.

If you want our aid, you must call us to your Councils.

The universal basis of co-operation is the proportioning of benefits received to services rendered.

… the principle of give and take--give one and take ten--the principle of diplomacy.

One good turn deserves another.

When anyone in Washington asks for a favor, no matter how little the favor means to you, act pained and get as much as you can in exchange - even if the person asking is the president of the United States.

Donald Trump doesn't necessarily stay mad for very long. He's a transactional guy. If you can offer him something, he will take it. Or from a salesman's point of view, if he's not making the sale, you're of no use to him. But if you suddenly come back into the showroom and are willing to buy, he's willing to sell.

If you tweet for me, I'll tweet for you.

We do foreign assistance for altruistic reasons, certainly for humanitarian reasons, of course. But the main reason we do foreign assistance is we do it in the American national interest.

We cannot open our markets to countries that do not open their markets to us.

I would not vote for any Republican who was not in favor of giving assistance to England and France

Never give less to your ally than your opponent is giving to that ally.

Whose bread I eat, his song I sing.

Cast no dirt into the well that gives you water.

Everybody trades off in some sense or another.