Edward Grey Quotes

Yielding is sometimes the best way of succeeding.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

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

In the Mediterranean you have a choice. Either you fight or you cooperate.

Cooperation may imply compromise, but if it brings a world advance it is a gain for each individual nation.

All legislation is founded upon the principle of mutual concession.

When you make a proposal [to your allies], you've got to make it stick.

Conflict with our allies in a war is terrible. But the only thing worse is fighting a war without allies.

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

Advice: don't embarrass your bargaining partner by forcing him or her to make all the concessions.

Alliance, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third.

Compromise is part of how we get things done.

Negotiation is often described as the art of letting the other side have your way. You have to give the other side a chance to put stuff on the table voluntarily.

The main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the winner and who is the loser. That's not what it's all about. It's to try and find an answer that is acceptable to all parties concerned, which would of course require some give and take.

Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender.

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

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

In dancing with the enemy one follows his steps even if counting under one's breath.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

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.

As a newly married person, as much as I would love for my husband to buy into the 'my way or the highway' philosophy, you realize it's all about compromising and finding some sort of middle ground that everyone can live with.

Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.

In politics, you must let the other person have your way.

It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.