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The first step in negotiation must be the withdrawal of all force, coercive or minatory.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The first step in negotiation must be the withdrawal of all force, coercive or minatory.”
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He insists that the first step in any negotiation must involve the removal of all forms of coercion.
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