Plutarch Quotes

I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.

So unless we come together as a people and stop our foolish beefing among each other, sit down like intelligent men and women and settle the things that divide us from each other, then come together like a solid wall and we could make something happen.

Businesses that run well are almost like marriages. Everything has to be up for discussion, or there will be real problems.

Unless you are willing to compromise, society cannot live together.

The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.

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

I sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship.

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.

Costa Rica believes in building bridges, in looking for solutions to problems, and not clinging to positions.

Genuine dialogue, not rhetorical bomb-throwing, leads to progress.

You cannot compromise unless people talk to you.

Why don't you talk, and go straight, and let all be well?

Things in general will be conducted as of old. All parties that were run out have returned and no further effort will be made to drive them away….. A new dance house was opened Saturday night where all the warriors met and settled their past differences and everything was made lovely and serene. All opposing factions, both saloon men and gamblers met and agreed to stand by each other for the good of their trade. Not an unlooked for result.

By nature, I am a unifier. I am a builder of consensus. I don't believe in sloppy compromise. But I do believe in bringing people together.

I'm always ready to negotiate in good faith with others.

Good governance requires working toward common ground. It isn't easy.

You always have to come from the element of 'What do you have in common?' first. It makes it easier to work through your differences.

We cannot agree on everything but we must agree on the framework.

I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.

We've got to take confrontation out of the centre of politics. With fighting, no one wins; with dialogue, everyone wins.

Nor is mine a trumpet which summons and excites men to cut each other to pieces with mutual contradictions, or to quarrel and fight with one another; but rather to make peace between themselves, and turning with united forces against the Nature of Things

We can solve many problems in an appropriate way, without any difficulty, if we cultivate harmony, friendship and respect for one another.

To have compromise you must first have dialog. That is the true path of democracy.

Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication

There is a social need within our lives as human beings to have harmony.