agreement quotes

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

What you guys want, I’m for.

In 1993, Israel and North Korea were moving towards an agreement in which North Korea would stop sending any missiles or military technology to the Middle East and Israel would recognize that country. President Clinton intervened and blocked it.

The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.

In legal language, a covenant generally denotes an agreement between two or more parties. But in a religious context, a covenant is much more significant. It is a sacred promise with God. He fixes the terms.

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I’m wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.

Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people’s minds.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.