Pataki presents himself as a accommodationist, a leader who prefers friendly negotiations to unseemly squabbling.

Sava Tekelija was in opposition to the military demands, preferring negotiations with the Emperor.

Two of his colleagues told the Cadena Ser radio station, however, that the specialists had not wanted direct assault, preferring a long siege and negotiations.

Herrera preferred peaceful negotiations.

In recent years, he said, Democrats have had an onus of preferring negotiations to war, "and the Republicans have been very quick to use it."

The Admiral of Castile preferred negotiations and exhausting all the possible peaceful options first.

Senanayake was a man who preferred behind-the-curtain negotiations instead of confrontational public hearings.

He says he prefers negotiations with the Palestinians, but is prepared to act unilaterally.

This conflict, again, did not develop into an open war as Algirdas preferred negotiations to fighting.

He prefers behind-the-scene negotiations to the public stage.