“Flattery is the infantry of negotiation.”
Lord Chandos
“The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, "What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable."”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.”
Marvin Gaye
“Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.”
Richard M. Nixon
“During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively.”
Brian Koslow
“Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree”
Dean Acheson
“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.”
Henry Kissinger