Jacques Derrida Quotes

I have always viewed my role as a sort of ambassador or bridge between groups to help provide a dialog.

There is no conflict that can’t be solved.

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

Calm can solve all issues.

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 strong should always permit the weak and aggrieved to talk, to bluster, and scold without taking offence; and if we had so acted, and exercised proper skill in the management of our affairs, Mexico and ourselves would, by this time, have quietly and peaceably settled all difficulties and been good friends.

War is what happens when language fails.

I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.

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

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.

I don't have the ability to find a middle ground with my audiences, and I know this too well.

Stop the fighting and find the middle ground.

You cannot shake hands with a clinched fist.

There is no such thing as a conflict that can’t be ended. Conflicts are started by human beings, sustained by human beings, and they can be ended by human beings.

Talk brings opponents together.

I see myself as a bridge-builder who can understand both sides.

In all circumstances in the world - even the most difficult circumstances - we need to push for dialogue.

Dictates are futile, and mutual accusations are nothing but useless word games.

It's not for the president to determine the arrangements between Israel and the Palestinians, and the Arab world, but to be the bridge between opinions and to facilitate dialogue and understanding.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

I don't think any movie or any book or any work of art can solve the stalemate in the Middle East today. But it's certainly worth a try.

But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is no ground with this man or woman except to fight them.

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

All world conflicts will be resolved if people listen to my advice.