Quotes About Diplomacy

I had a very good relationship with President Bill Clinton when I was prime minister.

Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody else will even say 'Bless You'.

As a prime minister, my job is not to try and influence or opine on what a leader of a different country should be doing.

A prime minister has to keep a certain balance when dealing with sensitive issues.

We have a prime minister, I'm the foreign minister, I'm trying to get on with the job of doing Australia's foreign policy.

When Prime Minister Erdogan came to Washington in 2009, he sounded almost like the ambassador from Iran.

The prime minister is not a private individual, but the leader of the Jewish State and the Jewish world as a whole.

To put it simply, my support of Israel will be just as strong the day after Prime Minister Netanyahu's address as it is today.

It is often remarked that I am very close to Mr. Modi. But when it comes to issues of national importance, I've never indulged in politics or considered whether the Prime Minister is from the opposition.

When I was Prime Minister, it's right - we had a close relationship - but that did not prevent me, when I believed the United States position was wrong, arguing against them.

My old boss, former British prime minister David Cameron, thought Obama was one of the most narcissistic, self-absorbed people he'd ever dealt with.

We have to be eyes-wide-open with China. If I'm prime minister, we will have a serious, mature approach with China that I think shows our concerns with them on the global stage.

Vallabhbhai Patel was known as the Iron Man of India, and it is said that if he was the Prime Minister then the issue of Kashmir wouldn't have come about. And if Savarkar was the Prime Minister, Pakistan wouldn't have come into existence.

Prime Minister Abe's leadership diplomacy was truly amazing. I don't think I can match that.

Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes.

I was a history major at Princeton University; I took exams in war and diplomacy, and I find those things very fascinating.

I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak the principal languages, could at least understand them or could have friends seated beside them who could keep them informed on essential points.

What we have found is that we were the principal mediators in many cases between the Iraqis and their own security forces and their own government, and so you have to almost embrace that role.

The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.

My focus has always been: I can be an incredibly conservative, principled idea person, but that doesn't mean I have to shout at people.

U.S. lawmakers should take a firm and principled stand consistent with their rhetoric about the importance of human rights and democracy in Egypt.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

Of all the principles which constitute Liberal Democracy, internationalism is the clearest, the most distinctive, and the one with the longest history.

The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice.