Quotes About Diplomacy

I don't hate the Chinese. We're brothers, and we share a border. I just hate the government, politicians, policies, not the people.

The only way really to influence countries, in terms of poverty, is to get them to change their policies and get them to understand what the issues are.

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

Animosity is not a policy.

I consider myself to be as informed on American foreign policy as anyone in America.

If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq.

As a senator, I play an important role in crafting foreign policy.

During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy.

I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.

I think if you're going to master policy, especially world affairs, you've got to know history.

I don't want foreign policy developed just by one party and ride roughshod over the other party.

There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in foreign policy where we have a strong national defense and we don't go to war so carelessly.

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

I consider myself neither liberal nor conservative when it comes to foreign policy.

Iran is central to our foreign policy in the Middle East, a major player in global energy markets, and a key country in terms of our interaction with the Muslim world.

Well, human security is a concept that I am very committed to enshrining in American foreign policy.

It is like our foreign policy has attention deficit disorder.

It's OK to criticize Israeli policy.

Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.

Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy.

I have a policy of not saying anything negative about anything another magician does.

I think my father thought I might be president of the United States. I think he would've been satisfied with secretary of state. I'm a foreign policy person, and to have a chance to serve my country as the nation's chief diplomat at a time of peril and consequence, that was enough.

Foreign policy is effectively the assertion of many individual countries intersecting on the global marketplace. And you have to figure out how to get your interest served in a way that meets the interests and needs of these other folks.

One of the first essentials is a policy of unreserved political cooperation with all the nations of the world.