Negotiated Quotes

You have to question whether it's legal for the state, in essence, to take away benefits from a pension system that people have been paying into, where they've been promised, with nothing in return - not a negotiated reduction, nothing. - Steve Baker

Without a negotiated settlement there will continue to be a myriad of lawsuits as there have been and will continue to be. - David Wilkins

With respect to the appeal process for on-field discipline, that process was negotiated in collective bargaining and has served the industry well for decades... Mr. Wells' dissatisfaction with his appeal says more about his poor behavior than it does about the quality of the appeal process. - Rob Manfred

While WTO accession is no cure-all, Saudi membership in the WTO,
under the rigorous terms we have negotiated, could have a lasting
effect on transforming the Saudi economy away from its over-dependence
on oil revenues and addressing the growing unemployment problems in
the kingdom. - Rob Portman

While we still prefer to conclude a negotiated transaction with Willamette, their refusal to discuss a combination has forced us to take our offer directly to Willamette shareholders. - Steven Rogel

When all is said and done, what you'll probably see is some sort of negotiated settlement here, whether it's a breakup fee, or lower purchase price... Neither company has a strong interest in seeing this resolved in the court. - Frank Aquila

Whatever differences people have, let's not ignore that, and let us use that as the means, then, of getting back into a proper negotiated series of moves that take us back through the road map to the two-state solution. - Tony Blair

What the president said to Sen. Graham was that we did not want to do this. We thought there was a better way, which is why we negotiated for three months. - Joe Lockhart

We've signed a contract for supplying [Iran] with air-defense missile systems for defense purposes. No other deals are being negotiated. Russia has an obligation to fulfill this contract. - Mikhail Dmitriyev