If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Dayan suggests peace negotiations require engaging with enemies rather than friends.
- In plain terms
- To make peace, talk to your enemies, not your friends.
- What can you take from it?
- Peace requires dialogue with opposition, not allies.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why talk to enemies?
- What hinders enemy dialogue?
Another view
It assumes all enemies are willing to talk.
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