Quotes About Diplomacy

The U.S. does not want to live under the shadow of a North Korea that possesses long-range missiles capable of delivering nuclear payloads to American cities. At the same time, the U.S. has no appetite for a war that would prove costly by every measure.

Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go.

I don't see any possibility of peace if there won't be open borders between us and our neighbors.

It really is possible to disagree with someone's policies without hating them. Grown-ups can do that.

We're working on accession to the WTO very actively. We still have several countries with which we need to conclude agreements and possibly that will happen next year.

I don't think, post 9/11, we're going to wait for real obvious things like Country A attacking Country B - because Country A doesn't attack Country B any more.

My dad is Japanese; he was an art director there. My mom is half-English, half-Argentinian. They met in Japan in the '70s. Her parents were diplomats posted there.

I'm in charge of the State Department's 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts.

America has a critical role to play as the most powerful member of the world community.

I don't consider Americans bullies, but I do consider the American government bullying.

We need to consistently play our role as a moral leader in the world.

I think we are living in an age where we really need to have bilingual leaders so that we can communicate with our constituents.

I'm not consumed with political machinations.

I don't think there is necessarily a contradiction between being a hegemonic power on the one hand and functioning multilaterally on the other.

Sometimes as a player you do not want to get into a controversy.

I'm not a controversial person. I'm not trying to polarise people.

I do not enter any controversy.

I am convinced that nobody should be afraid of peace.

I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country.

We are trying to work around the world. We would like very much to cooperate with the United States.

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

Cooperation is more important than reunification. If reunification is achieved without cooperation, it will be meaningless.

There is always competition for influence, but there are also opportunities for cooperation.

Look, we don't have the luxury of not dealing with China. There are real complexities to the relationship, whether it's the adversarial piece, whether it's the competitive piece, whether it's the cooperative piece.