Steve Scalise Quotes

Sometimes you need conflict in order to come up with a solution. Through weakness, oftentimes, you can't make the right sort of settlement, so I'm aggressive, but I also get things done, and in the end, everybody likes me.

Our position is that we can sit down and talk to try to solve our problems through dialogue.

The art of politics is to design a solution that feels painless to all.

There is no conflict that can’t be solved.

Negotiators run the risk of achieving agreement and then having to take yes for an answer when they are emotionally accustomed to confrontation.

Why cannot we sit down together with a board of arbitration, honestly state our difficulties and try to work out a sane method of procedure?

I don't think that confrontation always leads to a solution.

Even when the views are contradictory, talks are the only way forward and problems should be resolved through dialogue.

Surely, serious problems can't be solved just by talking about them.

My career was always about working with people, and understanding issues and problems and helping them to solve those issues and problems. How you deal with people - that's what diplomacy is all about. So while I'm not a career diplomat, many of the skills I had seemed to directly translate into the diplomatic arena.

I've grown up a little bit. I understand the importance of the negotiation. It is a collective act.

I'm a mediator by training and inclination.

The only thing you think of is that you are in the middle and that you've got to find a way to stop it.

I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners.

You have to pick your battles on set.

My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I'm in and I'll handle it and I'll make it work.

Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world.

The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.

I think what helps me is that delegations of all sizes - the small, the medium, the large, the largest - they all have seen me in action. They all have seen me unlocking blockages, unlocking impasses for several years now, and they all know that... I can bring a constructive mood to the table.

My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems?

Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.

I think we can work through a lot of these issues.

To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.

I'm a diplomat by nature. I help find the middle ground. I crack a joke and use humour to help resolve potentially vicious situations quickly. It gets things in perspective and helps everyone to see that things aren't as bad as they seem.

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.