Quotes About Diplomatic

All the governments just want to have more power when it comes to economic espionage, diplomatic manipulation and political influence.

Diplomacy: The art of saying "nice doggie" until you can find a rock.

For decades, allies have counted on the U.S. to step up to the plate to work with them to protect the shared values we hold dear. As we face numerous international challenges, both old and new, we need to put more faith and investment in our international and diplomatic institutions, not weaken them.

The General Assembly is a unique organ. It's the most representative organ of the United Nations, where all 193 Member States are present. Each has one vote regardless of its size, power, or wealth. That gives the body a huge authority.

What would be most productive is for Chairman Kim and his staff and for President Trump and all his staff to continue upon the path that was laid out for us both in Vietnam and at the DMZ, and that is a diplomatic resolution and the end of North Korea's nuclear weapons.

I'm not that comfortable doing polemic or being strident.

We have come a long way in terms of foreign policy.

Despite the obvious intelligence and security failures that contributed to the attack against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, the reality is that in one night, an al Qaeda-affiliated group destroyed a diplomatic post, killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, and forced an end to clandestine U.S. activity in the area.

It is an ambitious agenda, but the approach to Russia should be, 'Confront where we must, but cooperate where we can.'

It's very important for Taiwan to maintain its international contact.

Best to strip all statements of real content, this was a basic law of diplomacy.

If America can have a great relationship with Russia and with China and with all countries, I'm all for that. That would be a tremendous asset.

You can't treat Russia like a guilty schoolboy who has to put a cross on a piece of paper to show he has done his homework. That kind of language is unacceptable.

Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.

I love that Amazon has this incredibly unique, diplomatic process where people's voices are heard, and we're using this great interconnectedness we have, via the Internet, to weigh in and to have a say in what we want to see and what we don't.

Again, I think we have much greater diplomatic weight by having all of us sit on the same side of the table wanting the same thing, and putting it to the North Koreans.

If the Palestinians will one day decide to wake up and join a diplomatic process that is being carried out with the support of countries in the region, with international support - welcome. But I'm not waiting.

There are nearly 200 countries and a population of over 6 billion in today's world. International affairs should be addressed by all countries through consultations rather than monopolised by a few powers.

I'm a Democrat, but I'm really bipartisan - some people might say nonpartisan.

I feel that anything I say, or do, in this moment, will upset you." It was the most diplomatic way I'd ever been told that I was a pain in the ass. I fought the urge to scream at him.

In the Bill Clinton years, the foreign leader who visited the White House most often was Yasser Arafat - 13 times.

As a prime minister, my job is not to try and influence or opine on what a leader of a different country should be doing.

Dad had a way of disarming people because he never really directly attacked them. He might attack a principle, but he never attacked the individual.

I never want to be the one causing a ruckus. I never want to be problematic in any kind of way.