Quotes About Diplomacy

just as in 1914 the murder of an Austrian archduke sparked the First World War, so in 2018 some incident in the Syrian desert or an unwise move in the Korean peninsula might ignite a global conflict.

Tikra taika - tai ne karini? veiksm? stygius. Tikra taika yra pad?tis, kai karas tiesiog ne?tik?tinas.

Many Americans nowadays maintain that their government has a moral imperative to bring Third World countries the benefits of democracy and human rights, even if these goods are delivered by cruise missiles and F-16s. The

France, Germany, Russia, China, and India are major and active players, whereas Great Britain, Japan, and Indonesia, while admittedly very important countries, do not so qualify. Ukraine, Azerbaijan, South Korea, Turkey, and Iran play the role of critically important geopolitical pivots, though both Turkey and Iran are to some extent—within their more limited capabilities—also geostrategically active. More will be said about each in subsequent chapters.

America is too democratic at home to be autocratic abroad.

a coalition allying Russia with both China and Iran can develop only if the United States is shortsighted enough to antagonize China and Iran simultaneously.

To increase the zone of peace is to build the inner core of a stable international zone.

We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.

One has to understand what the enemy is all about: the enemy's history, the enemy's culture, the enemy's aspirations. If you understand these well, you can perhaps move towards peace.

A great deal of world politics is a fundamental struggle, but it is also a struggle that has to be waged intelligently.

Because you can't intervene everywhere, you don't conclude you can't intervene anywhere.

Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.

You have already disarmed my men without my knowledge, are their arms to be returned or not?

Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed.

We are advocates of the abolition of war, we do not want war; but war can only be abolished through war.

Diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

Politics is the science of how who gets what, when and why." —Sidney Hillman

When a nation issues ultimatums, it leaves no room for compromise and ensures that war will continue.

In short, favoring the Jews would offend the Arabs and their millions of Muslim supporters and create dangerous risks and turmoil in a part of the world where the United States had a substantial stake.

teaching college and high school students about the causes of past wars so they might learn to avoid the mistakes made by their predecessors.

My words were smaller than my feelings at that moment. I had spent my life finding diplomatic words. Am I a diplomat then? Isn't it hard enough to play Beethoven

Be a peacemaker in every situation. Resist partiality or respect of persons.

Linguist Robin Lakoff devised another set of rules that describe the motivations behind politeness—that is, how we adjust what we say to take into account its effects on others. Here they are as Lakoff presents them: 1. Don't impose; keep your distance. 2. Give options; let the other person have a say. 3. Be friendly; maintain camaraderie.

it is better for both parties to come together without arms and talk it over and find some peaceful way to settle it. —SINTE-GALESHKA (SPOTTED TAIL) OF THE BRULÉ SIOUX