Agreements Quotes

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The progressive movement against the war of occupation in Iraq is a reason for hope, as is resistance to free trade agreements in Latin America. Those are moments that we have to celebrate: that people still find the resolve and energy to resist.

- Danny Glover

I am a firm believer in free but fair trade. However the United States should not be on the losing end of trade agreements that are not enforced. It is time that we make China play fairly.

- Elizabeth Dole

This study demonstrates that the pre-20th century atmosphere was essentially devoid of the long-lived gases currently depleting stratospheric ozone. It underscores the human contribution to these gases in the atmosphere and the need for compliance with current international agreements to bring the atmosphere back to pre-ozone hole conditions.

- James Butler

The contracts at issue settled disputes with individual wholesale customers. Qwest does not believe that these agreements were required to be filed, but because this is a question that has not been previously clarified, we`ve asked the FCC to confirm our interpretation.

- Steve Davis

There is no reason to suppose that the state of the claimants` marriage would be regarded to have any relevance to the majority of the sponsorship agreements relied on by the defendant since they spring from David Beckham`s prowess as a footballer,

- Charles Gray

Unfair trade agreements, passed by both Republicans and Democrats, have sent millions of jobs to other countries. We need to stop this hemorrhaging and find ways for American workers to compete in the new market.

- Russ Feingold

At the very end, what is going to happen is that immigration will be reduced considerably. And how can we get to that stage? By agreements on sectors.

- Vicente Fox

We recognize the impact the sacrifices they are making will have on them and their families, ... In exchange for their participation, we have committed that this will be a labor-friendly Chapter 11 reorganization, in which we will honor new agreements that have been ratified, and provide labor a voice in the company`s governance.

- David Siegel

Agreements are always the product of time and place.

- Larry Craig

In the steel industry the corporations generally have accepted collective bargaining and negotiated wage agreements with the Committee for Industrial Organization.

- John L. Lewis

Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.

- William McKinley

Our differences are politics. Our agreements are principles.

- William McKinley

You want to raise a lot of `what ifs.` I can only deal with what we`ve gotten so far. Their agreement is their agreement. We`re not a party to their agreement ... Townships never get involved in those agreements of sale.

- John Rice

There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.

- Sitting Bull

We have exhausted all of our diplomatic effort to get the Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international law. Given that... we have got to force them to comply, and we are doing so militarily.

- Tom Daschle

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

Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.

- Adrian McPherson

We need the UN, to deal with the threats to our common security from nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, not only in the case of Iraq. They must be tackled by the international community together, by strengthening conventions, treaties and agreements.

- Akitsugu Bando

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.

- Alan Norquist

Let me tell you the basic fundamental principle by which we sit down and negotiate agreements with our friends: nobody wins unless we all win.

- Alan Yates

But, we have had the debate in our country now for a number of years as to whether or not free trade agreements are good for economic growth and economic opportunity in creating jobs and lifting people out of poverty.

- Alan Yates

However, in pursuing free trade, we must also consider the impact and direct effects the agreements will have on workers - both here and abroad.

- Albro Lundy III

In all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people.

- Alex Maskey

Then, we also need to have credible Somali institutions being established inside Somalia and local and regional peace agreements to be brokered.

- Alfredo Viegas

There`s no question that Stalin broke the agreements made at Yalta completely about elections that were supposed to be held immediately in Poland, and Eastern Europe was plunged into slavery as a consequence.

- Amal Salman

Our flag represents every American and it should not be hidden away as a result of property agreements.

- Amarri Jackson

In the past there were various suggestions in the framework of financial and other agreements to benefit with Iran. But Iran interpreted those suggestions in a mistaken way and deceived the international community.

- Ambrose Redmoon

We`re working on accession to the WTO very actively. We still have several countries with which we need to conclude agreements and possibly that will happen next year.

- Amit Shankardass

The `Survivor` that`s filmed in (the fall) time range and airs in spring, you don`t know where you`re going or where it`s going to be held. They had taken our cell phones away, so our families didn`t know where we were going. We weren`t allowed to tell them. Once I got back home, I could tell my parents I had been in Panama. My sister and best friend knew I was going to be on `Survivor,` but they all had to sign confidentiality agreements with CBS. I was not allowed to contact my family the entire time, and they pretty much watched me like a hawk.

- Anita Roy

(President Ernesto) Zedillo destroyed any confidence in his government. Without confidence, it is impossible to reach agreements. If there are no agreements, why hold a dialogue? ... July 1998 from the mountains of southeastern Mexico.

- Ann Marie Dillon

To Anthony`s credit, they could have found themselves embroiled in some major litigation a few years back ... Anthony got indemnity agreements drafted,

- Art Hill

We are considering making the service provider that is not meeting the agency`s needs bear the cost. We need clear language in the service-level agreements, so providers and agency customers know what is expected of them.

- Arthur Ochs Sulzberger

will now allow Reno to claim she is doing a vigorous investigation of campaign financing, when in reality Judicial Watch`s public depositions show she is not. Not even John Huang`s secretary has been questioned by Justice investigators; nor has any other Commerce official. Commerce is at the center of the Clinton Administration`s illegal fund-raising. In short, the plea agreements are sadly predictable.

- Ashanti Proverb

We have some agreements with Costco, but we don`t have a signed lease agreement.

- Banca Akros

Make fair agreements and stick to them

- Confucius