73 Bilateral Quotes
Following is our list of bilateral quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about unilateral.
Famous Bilateral Quotes
I have two doctors, my left leg and my right. — G. M. Trevelyan
Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides. — Euripides
Two heads are better than one. — Unknown Author
Two heads are better than one. — Proverbs
One hand washes the other. — Seneca
One hand washes the other and both wash the face — Greek Proverbs
It takes two hands to clap. — Jiang Zemin
Equality always concerns two parties: the one that’s paying and the one that’s receiving. — Ursula von der Leyen
One hand washes the other and together they wash the face. — Turkish Proverbs
There are two sides to every question. — Protagoras
When the brain is whole, the unified consciousness of the left and right hemispheres adds up to more than the individual properties of the separate hemispheres. — Roger Wolcott Sperry
He hears but half who hears one party only. — Aeschylus
Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either. — Aesop
I have a wandering eye and a lazy eye so they cancel each other out. It's a push. — Kevin Nealon
I'm ambidextrous, I slap ass with both hands. — Ludacris
Multilateral Quotes
On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other way around. You have the instances like the global warming convention, the Kyoto protocol, when the U.S. went its own way. — Hans Blix
I want to move to a world of no nuclear weapons but I want to do that through multilateral disarmament so that we all disarm together. — Ed Miliband
Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics. — Elliott Abrams
We want to ensure a multilateral development of society, the thriving of all sides of social life, economy, science and culture, the improvement of management, the moulding of the new man and the promotion of socialist ethics and equity. — Nicolae Ceausescu
Targets and timetables do matter. But there is a dispirited feeling that the U.S. just rejects multilateral target-setting for the time being. — James Cameron
International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable. — Hans Blix
We can't speak day after day about globalization without at the same time having in mind that...we need multilateral solutions. — Dominique Strauss-Kahn
We must put together countries that produce drugs, countries that traffic, and countries that consume, and through this multilateral effort really stop the growing of crime. — Vicente Fox
The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe. — Gustav Heinemann
There is a certain tendency on the part of some Americans to treat the UN as a multilateralism à la carte where you pick and choose where it suits you and when it doesn't suit you, you pull back. — Kofi Annan
Unilateral Quotes
Only a dictator can declare that companies must fire a certain group of people unilaterally. Let’s just call it what it is. — Dave Smith
Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated - preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. — Thomas Sowell
There are some classified documents there that we received from the CIA. Our arrangement with the CIA was that we could by mutual agreement declassify these documents, but we had no authority to unilaterally declassify them. — Louis Stokes
The era of using people as production tools is coming to an end. Participation is infinitely more complex to practice than conventional corporate unilateralism, just as democracy is much more cumbersome than dictatorship. But there will be few companies that can afford to ignore either of them. — Ricardo Semler
The Americans have a very active presence and policy in every single part of the world and if we broke with them, we would lose any possibility of influencing them. They would go in for global unilateralism, and the world would be a more dangerous place. — Denis Healey
If mutual respect does derive from unilateral respect, it does so by opposition. — Jean Piaget
When people are rushed, they're stressed and you greatly increase the likelihood of being punitive and unilateral just because you're trying to grasp control. — Ross W. Greene
Unilateralism is not internationalism, It is nationalist egotism gone mad. — Hugh Dalton
Unilateral disarmament by Britain is opposed to our country's best interests, could begin the unravelling of NATO and therefore jeopardise the stability of Europe. — James Callaghan
Oxytocin infusion increases generosity in unilateral monetary transfers by 80 percent [and] increases donations to charity by 50 percent. — Paul Zak
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 G. M. Trevelyan |
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 Euripides |
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 Unknown Author |
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 Proverbs |
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 Seneca |
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 Greek Proverbs |
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More Bilateral Quotes
If you don't want to call it a European army, don't call it a European army. You can call it 'Margaret', you can call it 'Mary-Anne', you can find any name, but it is a joint effort for peace-keeping missions - the first time you have a joint, not bilateral, effort at European level. — Romano Prodi
I know that I'm an animal that displays bilateral symmetry. I understand that one side should be the mirror of the other, and that human perceptions of beauty are intimately associated with symmetry. For example, I am very handsome. — Mark Rippetoe
Malaysia-Singapore bilateral relations can blossom beautifully if cultivated and nurtured like an orchid plant. — Najib Razak
Everything is bilateral in the domain of thought. Ideas are binary. Janus is the myth of criticism and the symbol of genius. Only God is triangular! — Honore de Balzac
Large scale collective bargaining . . . is merely a seductive name for bilateral monopoly, and means either adjudication of conflicts in terms of power, or deadlock and stoppage, usually injuring outside people more than the immediate parties to the dispute. — Frank Knight
Our bilateral relations and our agreement [between Turkey and America] on the extradition of criminals should dominate and precede actually any inclusion into any list. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Today, bilateral relations with Britain are excellent, with cooperation in many areas and both countries continuing to work on strengthening these ties. — Hassanal Bolkiah
The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in any prior decisions. — William O. Douglas
Our relations with brothers in Gulf Cooperation council are good and developing, either bilateral relations or with the G.C.C itself, also we have good brotherly and solid ties with Saudi Arabia. — Ali A. Saleh
If we want more trade in the world, we should establish bilateral trade agreements with other democratic countries. That way we can control the decision-making process. The major economic countries of the world will enter into those agreements. — Dana Rohrabacher
We have been involved in more wars, on a bilateral basis, since the United Nations was formed than any other country by far. — Jimmy Carter
Our government should do everything it can to ensure the successful prosecution of those responsible for the murders of U.S. citizens abroad. It should provide resources as needed, and it should make it clear to the authorities in Belgrade that inaction does have repercussions on bilateral relations. — Tim Bishop
We want the best possible relations with Russia, of course. But at the same time, we are very vigilant when it comes to the German-Russian relationship. The reasons for this bilateral pipeline through the Baltic Sea were purely political. — Lech Kaczynski
I believe India and Israel should focus on building bilateral relations on the basis of shared perspectives and commonalities between our two democracies. This has to be a forward-looking exercise rather than harking back to perceptions of the past. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Mr. Tillerson has always been quite a tough negotiator and we understand that he's using lots of information and materials that have been prepared by people in State of Department who, well modestly, speaking are not the fans of my country and of revival of bilateral relationship between America and Russia. — Dmitry Peskov
Especially when there are difficulties in our relations, parties and statesmen in China and Japan should look over the situation from a higher point of view and preserve the political foundation of bilateral ties. — Wu Bangguo
The comfort-women agreement that we made with Japan during the last administration is not accepted by the people of Korea, particularly by the victims. They are against this agreement. The core to resolving the issue is for Japan to take legal responsibility for its actions and to make an official apology. But we should not block the advancement of Korea-Japan bilateral relations just because of this one issue. — Moon Jae-in
You won't find anyone in the UK who doesn't admire what Germany has become. The bilateral relationship between London and Berlin will become more important in the future, and the UK government wants Germany to grow stronger - for Europe's sake. It is in Britain's national interest that the EU succeeds, and Prime Minster Theresa May knows this. — Anthony Glees
Membership in the European Community, now the European Union, has helped Ireland to take its place as a European country with all the member states, including Britain. It has therefore helped the maturing of a good bilateral relationship with Britain, lifting part of the burden of history. — Mary Robinson
I will negotiate fair, bilateral trade deals that bring jobs and industry back onto American shores. — Donald Trump
Going on and getting good bilateral agreement is a better way [than Trans-Pacific Partnership agreements], and I`m fine with that strategy. I think that strategy can work as well. — Paul Ryan
We`re talking about bilateral agreements with other countries in Asia, so that we can expand our influence and get countries to play by our set of rules. That`s to me is something that`s really important. — Paul Ryan
I think [Donald Trump] is now talking about engaging in countries on a bilateral basis. — Paul Ryan
While the WTO negotiations will continue, there are other trade negotiations of a bilateral nature, which among other things, should help to open up these markets for South African products. — Thabo Mbeki
I should also say that apart from the negotiations that are taking place within the WTO, we are ourselves involved in all manner of bilateral negotiations, or, if they are not bilateral, with the South African Customs Union and the European Union. All the member countries of the European Union have now ratified the agreement that we have with the EU and that opens up the EU market in various ways. — Thabo Mbeki
The good news is that the Paris Agreement is not just a bilateral agreement between the United States and some other country. You have 200 countries who came together. It's an international agreement. — Barack Obama
Our bilateral relations are very good, they’re very close. In the areas of business, of the economy, the United States of America last year were our most important trading partner. — Angela Merkel
As for these 60 years, and in general more than a hundred years, we have had different periods in relations and there have been tragic pages in our history, but since 1956 when we restored diplomatic relations, regrettably, we have not had a foundation on which to build ties that would correspond to our wishes and that are currently required in bilateral cooperation with Japan. — Vladimir Putin
This visit [to Singapore] is an occasion to mark the 50th anniversary our bilateral relationship with Singapore, which is one of our strongest and most reliable partners in South-east Asia. — Barack Obama
Unfortunately, the relations between the United Kingdom and Russia have not developed in the best possible way; however, it has never been our fault. It was not we who decided to discontinue relations with the United Kingdom; it was the UK who preferred to "freeze" our bilateral contacts in various fields. — Vladimir Putin
Building a more compassionate society is going to be a bilateral exercise between individuals and the brands that represent their aspirations, their values and their truths. People make brands. If people are compassionate, brands will be compassionate in return. — Monica Lewinsky
Syria doesn't want to talk with us on a bilateral basis, only under the auspices of the United States. — Yitzhak Rabin
Negotiating sugar trade in bilateral free trade agreements is a recipe for disaster for the U.S. sugar industry, and it is unnecessary. — Kent Conrad
Our relations with brothers in Gulf Cooperation council are good and developing, either bilateral relations or with the G.C.C itself, also we have good brotherly and solid ties with Saudi Arabia. — Ali Abdullah Saleh
By dedicating so much concentration to the issue of security, bilateral matters pass to a secondary level. — Vicente Fox
The bilateral relationship is unshakable, but playing politics with that relationship could blunt Secretary Kerry's enthusiasm for being Israel's primary defender. — Ron Dermer
We expect Serbian authorities to bring to justice all individuals at all levels who are responsible for their deaths without further delay. This also remains a high priority on our bilateral agenda with Serbia. — Victoria Nuland
The relationship between the government of the United States and social and indigenous movements has always been difficult. Not just in Bolivia but worldwide. We need to have bilateral relations characterized by mutual respect. — Evo Morales
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