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Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more a

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

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No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. – Dean Acheson

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