Anthony Lake Quotes

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

Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

I don't twist arms. I shake hands.

Sometimes, concessions in strategy that we thought undesirable had to be made to our allies.

If independence is not at stake then I thing it right to consider such an offer.

The art of compromise centers on the willingness to give up something in order to get something else in return.

You have to find a deal where each side can say “we held firm on what matters.”

Negotiations can resolve differences, cooperation can replace confrontation and development can create a win-win scenario.

If something concrete and meaty is offered to me from Kapil's side, I will definitely do it.

Politics and more politics - that's how you work towards the building of agreements.

Alliances and partnerships produce stability when they reflect realities and interests.

The Republicans are coming - make nice.

Politics is compromise.

The thing is: in order to reach an agreement, to reach that balance, sometimes it is sort of like that old Rhinestone Cowboy lyric, 'There'll be a load of compromisin' on the road to my horizon.' For those of you who were too young, or don't recall the song, made famous by country singer Glen Campbell, it is your loss.

Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.

I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table.

It is possible for political forces to agree.

Reasonable, sensible men can always make a reasonable scheme appear such to other reasonable men.

Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way.

Bipartisanship is like marriage. It takes two to make it work. It only takes one to make it a failure. The President has been playing politics with foreign policy.

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

The main purpose of dialogue is to come to an agreement on how the two parties can work together, realize their mutual interests, and avoid conflict as much as possible

It takes patience to work with allies and to bring out the best in international organizations.

The art of government is the art of negotiating and compromise.