Diplomacy Quotes

We favor a strong nonproliferation program that emphasizes diplomacy, reliance on multilateral regimes, controls on nuclear materials, and cooperative nuclear threat reduction.

Diplomacy has more to do with (credible) threats than with sweet reason. And threats from America are a lot more credible, nowadays.

Diplomacy is the only clear answer to the current situation. There is no legal basis for referring Iran to the Security Council. But if that were to happen Iran is not afraid.

How is it that this debate has been twisted on its head, that somehow those that advocate peace and diplomacy are anti-American?

Sometimes arrogance makes us overreach. George Bush Jr. often tries to suggest the leaders of other countries, and it is just not good diplomacy.

We need to really use the full force of diplomacy. And we need to be seen and understood to be on the side of diplomacy and international law.

...the Stone Table [was] a place that served as the OK Corral for the Faerie Courts when they decided to engage in diplomacy by means of murdering anyone on the other team.

Diplomacy was what I wanted to do. From really quite an early age and I think I had a false impression that diplomacy equals travel.

What we (U.S.) have done, is undertaken diplomacy through public assertions that tend to alienate everyone.

I suppose in John Kerry's world good diplomacy lets the boys in the bar finish raping the girl for fear of causing a fuss. Okay, that was unfair.

Iran is five to 10 years away from having a nuclear weapon. We have time to try diplomacy.

China's diplomacy has made bold headway, serving domestic development and contributing to world peace and common development,.

Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.

This campaign of non-cooperation has no reference to diplomacy, secret or open. The only diplomacy it admits of is the statement and pursuance of truth at any cost.

By unleashing an active diplomacy on its nuclear activities, Iran has effectively neutralized the European and US policies,.

War is always a failure. It means we've failed in diplomacy and we've failed in talking to one another.

Diplomacy should always be the first option, and every mission should have a clear, achievable objective that is in the interests of the United States.

Verification and diplomacy, used in conjunction, can be effective,.

We still have time to negotiate, we still have time for diplomacy, because there are still a number of issues that have not been clarified, that created a lack of confidence.

Whether we report Iran to the council or not, I believe the only way forward is through diplomacy.

In the corridors of diplomacy people  gradually tend to lose their capacity to distinguish between what is important and what isn't.

In a reality, what we should be doing is having quiet diplomacy with the Russians to convince them that it's in their self-interest to have a more stable Middle East because trade enriches us all.

Diplomacy is much more than just talking to your friends... You've got to talk to people who aren't our friends, and even people you dislike.

America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long.

I know full well how important women are in diplomacy and development. I grew up with seven sisters.

I think that war is diplomacy. There have been wars that have been fought for righteous reasons and there are wars that have had to be fought. Indeed, there will continue to be.

It is a principle of diplomacy that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly.

Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting.

Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.

It shocked his sense of dramatic economy that they should have to resort to violence when the same result could have been obtained by a minimum expenditure of energy.

But it doesn't take a thousand men to open a door, my lord.""It might to keep it open.

History is littered with the wars everybody knew could never happen.

The bargaining position of the victor always diminishes with time. Whatever is not exacted during the shock of defeat becomes increasingly difficult to attain later.

Nothing can be changed in the system when the system itself is revolting against those who opposed violence.

How can you cry for others’ struggles when you are facilitating mayhem in your own land?

The most fundamental problem is not that we don’t have a system to run but those with knowledge are cynically manipulating the system for petty personal desires.

Diplomacy in leadership is winning the war on behalf of both sides

A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.

Remember, there is no peace without peaceful exchange.

Diplomacy is the art of getting what you want without offending anyone too badly.

Kindness solves more problems than diplomacy, wealth, intelligence, clout, force, law, and dominion combined.

People who keep their feelings to themselves tend not to know, after a while, what their feelings are.

A diplomat who says “yes” means “maybe", a diplomat who says “maybe" means “no”, and a diplomat who says “no” is no diplomat.

That’s the key to walking through the Wall.... You have to first see it as not being a Wall, even though everyone you know still sees it as a Wall.

You're in America now, " I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer.

Eastward and westward storms are breaking, --great, ugly whirlwinds of hatred and blood and cruelty. I will not believe them inevitable.

Where are Haldad my father, and Haldad my brother? If the king of Doriath fears a friendship between Haleth and those who have devoured her kin, then the ways of the Eldar are strange to Men.

IF you draw a line in the sand you betray the loyalty of your cause

Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after the end of the Cold War we seem to be sliding inexorably towards another.

You have no idea how much it contributes to the general politeness and pleasantness of diplomacy when you have a little quiet armed force in the background