Quotes About Diplomacy

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.

The rise of China as a new power is another great challenge for the US. Our failure to properly handle Germany and Japan earlier in the 20th century cost us and the world dearly. We must not make this same mistake with China.

We have directed the closure of P.R.C. Consulate General Houston, in order to protect American intellectual property and American's private information.

If you are a speechwriter, you have to know what the person you're writing for thinks. A lot of foreign policy advisers are thinking, 'How can I get my proposal into this guy's speech?' I was just thinking, 'What does he want to say?'

If the U.K. had new watertight proposals for the border, I don't think anyone in the E.U. would say, 'We don't want to talk about it.'

With every wish to take Europe forward with a German-French nucleus, the proposals must always fit with German interests.

It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world.

There is no prospect that the United States will say to Israel, 'You do such and such and we'll not support you in your security.'

Our freedom, our prosperity and our security depend on a proper respect for the fortune of our neighbours, allies and old friends.

But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask the foreigners, they make it clear that it's America's bullying foreign policy they detest.

It's almost impossible to have security at the expense of insecurity of others. It's almost impossible to have prosperity when there is a huge problem of poverty and backwardness all over the world.

Development and prosperity of the world cannot happen without the simultaneous development of India and China.

There is a direct connection that cannot be severed between the diplomatic process and growth and prosperity.

When Europe and America stand together the world is a better and more prosperous place.

It is a commonplace that the League of Nations is not yet-what its most enthusiastic protagonists intended it to be.

When it comes to the president, we have to respect him, we have to protect him, and we have to correct him. And in my career, since he'd been on the national stage at least, I've had - I've always respected the president.

What did U.S. officials have to lose by saying that bin Laden was being protected by the Pakistanis, if it were true?

Donald Trump recognizes that a good leader is going to protect America's interests by making sure that we have a relationship with Russia: that our interests are protected, not theirs.

All small countries have the same problems and concerns about being protected from larger countries and their influences.

We have been protecting the lives of the Russian peacekeepers who had been attacked by their Georgian comrades, because there was a joint peacekeeping force.

Iran has been one of America's greatest enemies and I'm proud that President Trump is protecting our country and our allies.

We need to begin an all-out diplomatic offensive on Darfur in order to prepare the way for a peacekeeping force that can ensure protection for the people of Darfur.

The United States can't keep a completely open system if the rest of the world is less open. The United States may have to take a leaf out of the book of Japan, China, and Germany, and have protectionism inside the system.

In Japan, it becomes a huge issue in terms of not just the government and its protest against the United States, but all different groups and all different peoples in Japan start to protest.