Quotes About Diplomacy

President Johnson offered the middle of the road.

The first time I met President Obama was 2006 in Baghdad. He was the senator from Illinois; it was a month before he actually ended up declaring. He had to come to Baghdad to kind of check that box, and I was the correspondent for 'Newsweek' at the time.

When I look at the record of President Obama concerning the major issue security I think it's a highly satisfactory record from Israeli point of view.

You know, I think that President Obama is a person who has a great relationship with a number of people. Colin Powell does, too. I think Colin Powell is a fine American, a great leader and sees things in President Obama that he agrees with. He's entitled to have his opinion.

President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia.

To be frank, I don't think President Obama gives much thought to Africa - or gives much to Africa.

It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.

President Obama has greatly contributed to Israel's security.

In order for President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden to be moderates, they just have to present themselves between the extremes of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's isolationism and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's hawkishness - the difference between living in a cave or conducting ourselves so that we're in need of one.

I do think it's fair to say that there are times when President Obama has not been engaged enough with the Middle East.

President Obama called me on his last day in office and said the only person who never asked him for anything was me.

I worked for President Bush and President Obama. I had Democratic bosses and Republican bosses. I believe in order to actually get things done, we do need to buckle down and often reach across the aisle.

President Obama is asking critics of the Iran nuclear deal what the alternative is other than war as if it's rhetorical question, but there is an answer: a better deal.

I think that Netanyahu is a bit intimidated of and afraid of President Trump.

President Trump is not an isolationist and builds closer friendships when he can.

President Trump has always said that he does not want war, that he seeks peace with Iran, peace in the Middle East.

President Trump has demonstrated to Russia that he means what he says about putting 'America First.'

President Trump is committed to democracy and rule of law in our hemisphere.

President Trump and I are entrepreneurs, and all an entrepreneur wants is results, and therefore I hope we'll put everything in place to make sure we deliver for our peoples.

President Trump confronted the Chinese Communist Party in a way no President had before him.

To all my political opponents, all and sundry, not only the presidential bets, I would like to offer my hand to friendship.

In my opinion governors don't make the best presidents. That's my opinion and it's because they don't have the foreign policy experience and they have to learn on the job.

US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan.

Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.