Anthony Kennedy Quotes

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.

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

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

If we can’t agree on the facts, how can we agree on the solutions?

Choose the path of dialogue rather than the path of unilateral decisions.

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

The foreign policy is not about changing mindsets. Foreign policy is about finding the common meeting points.

We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way.

When we face problems or disagreements today, we have to arrive at solutions through dialogue. Dialogue is the only appropriate method. One-sided victory is no longer acceptable. We must work to resolve conflicts in a spirit of reconciliation and always keep in mind the interests of others.

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

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.

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

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

I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.

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.

Do we have to talk in order to agree or agree in order to talk?

Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.

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

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

There comes a point, in any kind of, whether it's in your family discussions or business or whatever, where you finally have to get over the making of the points and now let's see if we can find common ground.

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

We aren't going to agree on everything and there will be other areas where we will be working together.

I believe any time that both parties are talking, it's a good thing.