John McCain Quotes

In a partnership, it is good to have two partners who have complementary means of action, under the assumption that these two partners sufficiently talk to each other to find out what they want to do together

I don't ever talk about red lines whether in coalition negotiations with other partners or in Europe. It is important that we listen to others and find a way forward.

I love to negotiate things, I do it really well, and all that stuff. But it's possible I won't be able to get along with Putin.

Certainly I've appreciated Angela Merkel as a partner.

Politics takes patience, time, listening and endless meetings.

As a businesswoman you have to be open. I'm always open to listening and learning and considering. However, I don't look at business as anything other than a partnership. And in any partnership both parties need to leave the table happy.

Politics and more politics - that's how you work towards the building of agreements.

It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble.

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

Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.

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

The one thing I'm convinced George W. Bush is good at is bipartisanship. It's clearly something he enjoys personally.

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

The Republicans are coming - make nice.

The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests.

Politics is compromise.

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

We are going to have to discuss with and seek the opinions of other countries. We don't wish to offend anyone, least of all a country we hold in such deep regard as the United Kingdom.

I will always be a partner with the president of the United States.

It is possible for political forces to agree.

Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way.

One day we might find ourselves making an alliance with the Greeks.

Bipartisanship is like marriage. It takes two to make it work. It only takes one to make it a failure. The President has been playing politics with foreign policy.

I don't twist arms. I shake hands.

The art of government is the art of negotiating and compromise.