Asha Rangappa Quotes

My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.

You don't promote the cause of peace by talking only to people with whom you agree.

You don't see people that are willing to say 'You know what, you might be different politically, but let's find some common ground, let's find ways that we're actually similar.' We just assume immediately that we have nothing in common, what can even talk to that person about.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

I just don't believe that you have to come in and insult people when you want to change things.

My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.

I think it's really, really important to grow the consensus and to realize that there is always some value that can be shared with another American, on any issue. Starting from those points of common belief and shared values is very, I think, important to forging the consensus that allows these issues to more forward.

I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.

I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation.

'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.

Yes, we have got to quit worrying about fighting each other and trying to figure out a way to work together.

We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't.

I hope it goes beyond meeting with them to a willingness to listen and compromise on issues.

That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.

… dialogue is essential to winning the hearts and minds of moderate elements in societies vulnerable to radicalism.

Let us not be blind to our differences, but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.

The more people talk directly to each other, the better. Dialogue is the way of solving issues.

Activism is a very admirable way to create change, but it has to go hand in hand with personal contact with the people with whom we have opposing points of view; without that, there will never be any movement.

We all agreed that violence begets violence, and you can't solve issues with more violence.

Conversations create change. It's easy to call someone 'enemy,' but there's more to it, right?

When people realize they're being heard, and have a seat at the table, things seem to work out.

I have disagreements with some and more agreements with others. But that doesn't mean I cannot listen to those I disagree with.

One thing that education can do is it can provide us with an opportunity to understand one another better, and so while I've spent a lot of my time in the world of politics, I've always felt that it is really not politics that will solve this for us.

I live in places where, although I don't take public stands, I'm surrounded by liberals, and I've spent a lot of time in this country talking to people who have very different views than the people I live around and trying to see kind of what's in common beneath those conversations.