Quotes About Diplomacy

I don't go to different countries to criticise their political system and tell them what they should be doing - what do I know?

Eurasia is home to most of the world's politically assertive and dynamic states.

It seems no matter what you say and how politically correctly and carefully you say it, you offend someone. Or at least I always do.

Politically, foreign policy never matters until it matters, and then it matters a lot.

In general, I think it's an advantage politically to keep people guessing.

I think this whole discussion about what is politically correct - sometimes you have to name the name. You can't hide it. Politeness is good if it's not hiding the truth.

There is no such thing as a politically correct war.

You cannot be politically correct in a war.

Being politically correct means saying what's polite rather than what's accurate. I like to be accurate.

I should learn the language of a politician - give away as little and keep the rest to yourself. Not lie, I just want to be more guarded.

We've gotten to a point where you can't be a politician and actually say what you're thinking because someone's gonna get offended, and God forbid, like, everyone's so sensitive now, it's ridiculous.

I always tell people this: to be a savvy politician or a good head of state and to be charitable are not mutually exclusive things.

I'm not a politician or political animal.

I can talk a lot and not reveal anything; I would make a great politician.

I shake hands very gladly politically. I don't think you could be a politician if you didn't shake hands.

I see myself as a former politician, and in that capacity, I say to other politicians, 'Hold back.'

As a politician, I spent a lot of time in Washington and New York, cities that are familiar to Europeans.

Politicians never say never to anything.

I think our politicians could learn a lot from Mandela.

I don't have business with any politicians.

The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.

I did not deal well with the politicians. I tend to tell people that when they are full of crap, that they are full of crap.

I will deal with the politicians in a political way and with the nonpoliticians in a nonpolitical way.

I'm more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world.