Quotes About Diplomat

Good morning, people of the U.N.

My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on.

Why don't you meet Osama bin Laden, invite him to Brussels or to the White House and engage in talks, ask him what he wants and give it to him so he leaves you in peace?

There are many of us who should be in a position to bring peace to the world.

Zero problems with neighbors' is a value. But another equally important value is to establish peace.

I am a Nobel Peace laureate and my business should be to try to bring stability, not to be a red rag to bulls.

diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

Diplomacy is living in state.

George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.

The prerequisites for being in the diplomatic corps are the ability to handle protocol alcohol and Geritol.

International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents.

He was, after all, a diplomat, and understood that the best and firmest deals are based on open self-interest.

how much he admired the pope's ability to craft his speeches in a way that ensured they would offend no one.

We inadvertently bombed the Chinese Embassy. But Clinton now is working very hard. He has sent a letter of apology to the Chinese. And, he's also given them a gift certificate for future nuclear secrets.

I think I would have a very good relationship with many foreign leaders.

I don't know that I'm going to get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope I do. But there's a good chance I won't.

It became extremely important that we go and see the four heads of the governments, and the message was delivered, with the tea packets, to all these heads.

Diplomacy: lying in state.

Ambassador Albright reportedly threatened to resign over what she called "softly-softly" pact with Miloševi?.

There Is No Such Thing as a Diplomatic Hand Grenade

Diplomacy, Roosevelt insisted, is utterly useless when there is no force behind it; the diplomat is the servant, not the master of the soldier.

I'll always be on the move for peace in the Korean peninsula. If necessary, I will fly straight to Washington. I will go to Beijing and Tokyo and, if the conditions allow, to Pyongyang as well.

I don't think it's rational for a country to try to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador in a restaurant in Washington.

With little fanfare, Jared Kushner is quietly tackling Washington's slow, outdated modus operandi while simultaneously engaging in high-level diplomacy that promotes America's interests on the world stage.