Quotes About Diplomatic

Toward the Palestinians, Israel can only give. But when dealing with the entire Arab world, Israel can get a lot.

There are many Palestinians, to be diplomatic, who believe there is no way to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, first of all, and there are a lot of people that believe there is no way to recognize Israel at all.

Aside from their companionship, I'd brought Sage and Sky as ambassadors, hoping they would attract attention and open the door to conversations with strangers. In a moment, they fulfilled their diplomatic function.

We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.

Honduras is strongly anti-Communist, maintains no diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and has provided vital support for United States-backed rebels fighting to overthrow the Sandinistas in neighboring Nicaragua.

The attack on the British embassy in Tehran came just days after the Iranian 'parliament' voted to expel the British ambassador, and therefore reeks of official complicity.

Tellingly, the department that deals with relations with the rest of the world doesn't have the word "foreign" in it: it is the State Department. It looks after the interests of one state alone. It might be called the Bargepole Department.

This craggy political landscape was the kind of terrain in which Kissinger moved with the deftness of an Indian scout.

The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited.

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

After years of failure, I do think that President Trump has shown a lot of wisdom in reaching out his hand to the North Korean leader and to suggest to them that there might be a different future for the North Korean people.

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A really good diplomat does not go in for victories, even when he wins them.

He was so diplomatic he hardly spoke at all...

The Knights of Malta issues its own passports, stamps, and money, and carries on full diplomatic relations with seventy countries.

On the existence and threat of modern-day secret societies: We are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence . . . building a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. —JOHN F. KENNEDY, FROM A SPEECH GIVEN AT THE WALDORF-ASTORIA HOTEL ON APRIL 27, 1961

Several very suprising things have occurred. To begin with, I met Augustus Milray, the most perfect example of an old ass the present Government has produced. His manner oozed diplomatic secrecy as he drew me aside in the Club into a quiet corner.

dangerously polite.

Sharon is capable of making peace.

When you launch a surgical operation, you must already be well deployed to follow it through with larger forces. That complicates matters: you need to be ready for a full-fledged campaign on the operational level and have the diplomatic backing lined up as well.

American secretaries of state have typically been more buttoned up than bon vivant, but John Quincy Adams's diplomatic successes - bigger than anything presidential or legislative that he achieved - still surprise a student of his personality.

Intelligent and competent, Louisa Pierson was far more than a source of information or advisor on diplomatic etiquette.

Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening.

American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature.