Diplomacy Quotes

The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, private diplomacy died. There's no such thing as secrecy. It's just a question of whether it's leaked or revealed openly.

You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.

The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.

Gardening?is one of the most underrated aspects of diplomacy.

Diplomacy can be a frustrating thing. I think the strategy can work, so long as the force is robust and the rules of engagement are clear.

Important part of our diplomacy is that people take our words seriously.

We hope that diplomacy works before you ever use force. The hardest decision a president makes is ever to use force.

In diplomacy, like in great many other things, the rules of engagement survive only until one remarkable person decides to break them.

Tact is kind; diplomacy is useful; euphemism is harmless and sometimes entertaining

Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated.

I have no secret methods. I know no diplomacy save that of truth. I have no weapon but non-violence.

Unfortunately, diplomacy was a dance I needed to learn.

Follow your instincts, and handle all with respect and diplomacy.

The practice of diplomacy, I have found, is sometimes like eating soup with a fork: much activity yielding little nourishment.

President Bush failed "miserably" at diplomacy, forcing the United States into war.

And I would like current or future politicians to make sure every avenue of diplomacy, and what you have, are exhausted before sending young men and women off to death and serious injury.

The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond to the modern idea of commercial intercourse. This policy has been characterized as substituting dollars for bullets.

War is tragedy. The great war stories are tragedies. It's the failure of diplomacy. 'War and Peace,' 'A Farewell to Arms,' 'For Whom the Bell Tolls.' Those are some of the greatest tragedies.

Only professional diplomats, inveterate idiots and women view diplomacy as a long-term substitute for war.

Diplomacy is the lowest form of politeness because it misquotes the greatest number of people. A nation, like an individual, if it has anything to say, should simply say it.

Often I must speak otherwise than I think. This is called diplomacy.

The best diplomacy starts with getting to know each other.

There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.

And we support Senator Joseph Lieberman, that it's time for our country to consider a military preemptive strike against Iran if they will not yield to diplomacy

Russia is actively using gas diplomacy for its expansion over the ex-Soviet space in a bid to become a regional superpower.

In diplomacy, clear-cut wins and losses are rare.

Diplomacy is the police in grand costume.

Diplomacy is living in state.

I'm always diplomatic when heavily outnumbered by armed strangers.

Diplomacy has been exhausted .. Continued instability in the Balkans threatens important U.S. national interests,.

The anchors of the Arab consensus have long been Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and both are now weakened forces in Arab politics and diplomacy.

Propaganda was an important arm of the Soviet diplomacy, very important.

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.

I would meet directly with the leadership in Iran.

We will continue to deepen our engagement using every element of American power - diplomacy, military, economic development, the power of our values and our ideals.

We've said to the Iranians all along . . . we still remain open to diplomacy. But it's been very clear that the Iranians don't want to engage with us.

Lawyers do not mix with diplomacy.

Once we understand how they think, we can predict their behaviour. And once we predict it well, we can manipulate it. That is diplomacy.

The Obama administration kind of shows how you can use diplomacy to bring the most important countries together and get the whole world on board.

Diplomacy never stops, and, with or without an election, it never stops.

When diplomacy has been exhausted, the Security Council must become involved. Questions about Iran's nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by the IAEA.

Diplomacy, if properly practiced, is not just talking for the sake of talking.

The United States is willing to exert strong leadership to give diplomacy its very best chance to succeed.

Diplomacy is not merely talking somebody into something; it's talking to somebody from a position of strength. You put your power on the table to open up the conversation; that's diplomacy.

Diplomacy is unfashionable in the world of knee-jerk reaction and the dogmatic sound bite on television.

A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy.

Every country has its own diplomacy. Being part of Europe doesn't mean giving up one's independence or no longer being able to take the initiative.

French is the language of diplomacy. Spanish is the language of bureaucracy.

WikiLeaks is the 9/11 of diplomacy.