Quotes About Diplomacy

Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.

Otto von Bismarck] only considered the interests of his own country - always the worst offense that a statesman can commit in the eyes of foreigners.

I was years older than you when I became an ambassador for the first time. Remember that, Tycho? How did we get through that assignment, anyway?" "Pretty much, we opened fire on everyone who disagreed with us." Wedge nodded and turned to his daughter. "When all else fails, just do that.

I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.

If Algeria introduced a resolution that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.

We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.

We are living in an era in which billions of people are grappling to promote communication, tolerance, and understanding over the more destructive forces of war, terrorism, and political chaos that have characterized the beginning of the 21st Century.

Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!

When someone asked Abraham Lincoln, after he was elected president, what he was going to do about his enemies, he replied, "I am going to destroy them. I am going to make them my friends

To give the victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

This craggy political landscape was the kind of terrain in which Kissinger moved with the deftness of an Indian scout.

But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.

DESPITE THE INAUSPICIOUS BEGINNING OF the American Revolution's overtures to the Spanish-speaking world, Spain—the New World's oldest colonial power—opted to support the hemisphere's first anticolonial movement.

Treaty of Kadesh, which is basically the first peace treaty in history.

As Harry Truman used to say: "If you can't convince them, confuse them.

É mais fácil vencer quando todos querem que você vença. Quem não faz inimigos chega ao topo com mais facilidade. Randy Komisar

They ended up getting rolled almost as bad as Neville Chamberlain, he continued, referring to the British prime minister who negotiated the 1938 Munich Agreement, which was widely panned as enabling the Nazi invasion of Poland. They set this up to fail, Kinzinger said.

I think you can be an enemy of Saddam Hussein even if Donald Rumsfeld is also an enemy of Saddam Hussein.

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