“This is a very valuable opportunity to have open and frank dialogue as a country about the potential for this kind of thing happening. It may not happen in the next week or year, but history has proven that we will see another pandemic. And you should take the opportunity to plan now while you can do so rationally and not in the heat of the moment.”
Capt. Lynn Slepski
“Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.”
Alexander Graham Bell
“A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.”
Cornel West
“We have had discussions with Montreal about several possibilities, but nothing has transpired, ... We have open dialogue.”
Brendan Taman
“The idea that we can sit down at a table and have a true dialogue which is open and aimed at mutual understanding across differences is terrific. We're under no illusion that we'll agree on everything, but we do agree on the importance of reaching some common understanding.”
Amy Gutmann
“We would be open to further dialogue, of course.”
Greg Cook
“We say that we keep the door open for dialogue, but we also want to see more than just these words about their right to nuclear power ... that they show openness to moving toward us,”
Per Stig Moeller