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Negotiation Quotes

Strategy, leverage, and the art of the deal.

This collection treats negotiation as a tool rather than a fixed rulebook, including a view that tariffs function as one piece of a larger negotiating strategy rather than a goal in themselves. It connects to American quotes discussing trade and exports.

Everybody talks about tariffs as the first thing. Tariffs are the last thing. Tariffs are part of the negotiation. The real trick is going to be increase American exports. Get rid of some of the tariff and non-tariff barriers to...

Quotes by Wilbur Ross

Social change doesn't happen in the Arab region through dramatic confrontation, beating, or indeed, baring of breasts, but rather through negotiation.

Quotes by Shereen El Feki

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

Quotes by Richard Holbrooke

Negotiation means getting the best of your opponent.

Quotes by Marvin Gaye

Agreement Quotes

It's very rare you get a director who's that invested in the actors. So yeah, when 'Little Fish' came around, there wasn't much negotiation!

Quotes by Martin Henderson

To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.

Quotes by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

There is some sign that North Korea is changing recently. There is ongoing successful negotiation to have a military talk to Pyongyang, which has been stopped for seven years.

Quotes by Kim Dae Jung

There are a lot of things behind a negotiation process.

Quotes by Jorginho

Negotiation is not a policy. It's a technique. It's something you use when it's to your advantage, and something that you don't use when it's not to your advantage.

Quotes by John Bolton

Amendment Rights Quotes

All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses.

Quotes by Ian Dunbar

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Quotes by Henry Kissinger

Our Second Amendment rights are not up for negotiation.

Quotes by Greg Gianforte

While hereditary chiefs inhabit the apex of our traditional social systems, it would be a mistake to think they hold all the power. They aren't kings. They aren't dictators. They're answerable to their clans and their matriarchs. All decisions that...

Quotes by Eden Robinson

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

Quotes by Dean Acheson

American Quotes

It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the U.N. about obligations that they undertook in 1991.

Quotes by Condoleezza Rice

We recognize that NAFTA is a three-country agreement, and we need a three-country negotiation.

Quotes by Chrystia Freeland

When you expect to get into a negotiation, you expect to be faced by a guy that's going to attack you, a guy or gal that's going to attack or that they're going to try to get the best of...

Quotes by Christopher Voss

Emotions aren't the obstacles to a successful negotiation; they are the means.

Quotes by Christopher Voss

Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.

Quotes by Carrie Fisher

Apex Quotes

Usually, even when a bill draws extreme opinions, there can be a process of expression and negotiation.

Quotes by Carrie Lam

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the focus of this Negotiation quotes collection?
It gathers quotes that treat negotiation as strategy and leverage, from trade policy framing to blunter views about using it only when advantageous.
Why do people search for negotiation quotes?
People look for negotiation quotes to prepare for a business deal, support an argument about strategy, or find a sharp line to describe a tough negotiating stance.
Is there a quote connecting negotiation to trade policy?
Yes, one quote argues that tariffs are not the main goal but part of a broader negotiation aimed at increasing American exports.
Does any quote describe negotiation in purely strategic terms?
Yes, one quote flatly states that negotiation is not a policy but a technique, used only when it serves your interest and set aside when it doesn't.
Is there a blunt definition of negotiation in this collection?
Yes, one short quote defines negotiation simply as getting the best of your opponent, framing it as a contest rather than a search for common ground.

Other lines are more cynical, describing negotiation as something used only when it serves your advantage, or bluntly as getting the best of your opponent. Together they frame negotiation less as compromise and more as calculated leverage, a theme also found in Agreement quotes.