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If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
- Romans 12:18
Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Tom Lehrer
Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Tom Lehrer
Argument need not be heated; it can be punctuated with courteous smiles - or sympathetic tears.
- J. Sidlow Baxter
I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
- Francois Rabelais
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way. —Daniele Vare, Italian diplomat
- William Ury
Instead of attacking, focused on taking away the stick.
- William Ury
Take the eighteenth-century general who had fallen into disfavor with the great Prussian warrior king, Frederick the Great. Coming upon the king, the general saluted him with the greatest respect, but Frederick turned his back. "I am happy to see that Your Majesty is no longer angry with me," murmured the general. "How so?" demanded Frederick. "Because Your Majesty has never in his life turned his back on an enemy," replied the general.
- William Ury
If you open a door, however, as Diane Nash did with her persistent questions, you offer the other a way out and all your power can be deployed in persuading them to take it. In short, rather than working to frustrate the other, focus on redirecting their attention to a positive outcome.
- William Ury
You need confidence to stand up for yourself in the face of the other's reaction. You need power to be able to follow through on your No if the other refuses to respect it.
- William Ury
You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war.' - To Neville Chamberlain
- Winston Churchill
There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them
- Winston Churchill