Pradip Phanjoubam Quotes

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

Compromise is the oil that makes government go.

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

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.

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.

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

Jaw jaw is better than war war.

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

There are universal traits and aspects of all these conflicts, and I think that all of them have bridgeable solutions. The only question is whether you are ready to take the challenge, to pay the price, to compromise in order to get more. This, I believe, is the challenge for all the peacemakers in the world.

Ultimately, peace depends on compromise.

In general ... I tell people not to bang their heads against the wall and to find a compromise.

You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

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

They put aside the talk of peace and instead acted for peace.

My policy is trust—peace, and to put aside the bayonet

The belief in the therapeutic and redemptive force of dialogue depends on the assumption … that, after all, no idea is worth fighting over to the death and that we can always reach a position of accommodation if only we will sit down and talk it out

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

Surely diplomacy is needed when there is conflict, not when there is harmony.