Concessions Quotes

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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that… — Abdallah II
Prime Minister Benjamin Netyanahu made it real clear. They're willing to be generous on some other concessions but not on the border issue. And I… — Herman Cain
Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect. — Dominique Pire
The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear. — Edmund Burke
Capital, never concerned with distribution, is now less and less concerned with production. Capital is driving for power, for the control over markets, lands, resources.… — Eric Kierans
Capitalism is chronically unstable.Boom and bust has always marked capitalism in the United States. There were panics in 1785, 1791, 1819, 1857, 1869, 1873, 1907,… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through concessions… — Ron Silver
Exceptional people deserve special concessions. — Jenny Holzer
All the concessions we make to Eros are holes in our desire for the absolute. — Emile M. Cioran
The truly gifted negotiator, then, is one whose initial position is exaggerated enough to allow for a series of concessions that will yield a desirable… — Robert Cialdini
Since trade ignores national boundaries and the manufacturer insists on having the world as a market, the flag of his nation must follow him, and… — Woodrow Wilson
The American people are not naifs who yearn for isolationism, but they are starting to ask some hard questions about the way we have been… — Victor Davis Hanson
To write history is so difficult that most historians are forced to make concessions to the technique of legende. — Erich Auerbach
If America wants concessions, she must fight for them. We must purchase our power with our blood. — James Monroe
A truly global economy, as opposed to the multinational economy of the recent past, will require concessions of national power ... that seemed impossible a… — Walter Wriston
An evening up on the Empire State roof-the strangest experience. The huge tomb in steel and glass, the ride to the 84th floor and there,… — Dawn Powell
Life makes concessions for no one; it's up to each of us to learn from our experiences; laugh; cry; scream; shout; do whatever it takes… — Mary Surratt
We shall begin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtures and unheard of concessions. The capitalist countries, stupid… — Dmitry Manuilsky
Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet… — Frederick Douglass
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. — Samuel Johnson

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