Quotes About Diplomacy

Politicians really worry about being politically correct.

I've been dealing with politicians all my life. All my life. And I've always gotten them to do what I need them to do.

Everything is politics.

Politics is not a world for the squeamish or fainthearted.

Politics is the art of the next best.

Politics has friendship, enmity, intrigue and even humour.

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

Great leaders find a way to rise above politics while at the same time keeping their party's loyalists in the fold.

Khan let Polo be his eyes and ears. He was the first one to build a bridge between East and West.

The Pope? How many divisions has he got?

I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.

Iran has interest in seeing that the Shia population of Iraq basically adhere to a line that comes from Iran.

We all need Europe, not just those of us in Europe. And we Germans need Europe more than the others. Germany is the country with the longest border, the most neighbours, and is, by population and economic strength, the number one in Europe.

What you have to remember about Belarus is that it's a small state - it has a population of less than 10m people - and like many small states, it has to be very careful about its relationships.

We should be working with the governor of Sonora to establish a commercial sea port on the coast of their state.

I think I can hold every portfolio - defense, finance and Foreign Ministry. I think personally I'd like the foreign office.

We are not a country that subscribes to policing any part of the world. The areas we are comfortable with are capacity building, intelligence sharing, exchange of ships, call on each other's ports, joint training and exercises.

It is important to show our European partners that Portugal is a governable country.

I don't want to pose either with Obama or with Merkel.

As we look at China, there is no doubt that it poses the most significant challenge of any nation state to the United States, in terms of our interests the interest of the American people.

Any Ambassador or Foreign Service Officer who has his or her head screwed on right knows that the U.S. position in the world is far more dependent on our ability to compete in world markets.

My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way.

Russians in top positions always told me, 'We don't want to deal with our allies the way that the Americans dealt with Mubarak,' which is a very live example in the minds of many.

It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them.