Quotes About Diplomacy

His eyes were caught in the headlights of something - foreign policy?

For what purpose?" "So they don't devour the other speakers.

I learned then that many a victory is easier won with words than a sword—and the results are better.

in order to have peace both sides must want it equally. One side cannot make peace; they can only surrender.

protect her interests. Of late she had refused to admit there might be occasions when fighting could not be avoided. She had yet to learn that in order to have peace both sides must want it

reasoning now. I plan to get them to sit down

Far from being a pro-British lackey, much less a high-level spy, Hamilton stubbornly defended U.S. interests at every turn. He was bargaining with Beckwith, not groveling. He insisted that the United States should be able to trade with the British West Indies.

He "has so happy a faculty of appearing to accommodate and yet carrying his point, that if he was really not one of the best-intentioned men in the world, he might be a very dangerous one," observed Abigail Adams.

where there is no occasion for expressing an opinion, it is best to be silent, for there is nothing more certain than that it is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.

No governm[en]t could give us tranquillity and happiness at home, which did not possess sufficient stability and strength to make us respectable abroad.

Rockefeller placed a premium on internal harmony and tried to reconcile his contending chieftains. A laconic man, he liked to canvass everyone's opinion before expressing his own and then often crafted a compromise to maintain cohesion. He was always careful to couch his decisions as suggestions or questions

If Madison in the 1780s was a philosopher king, Madison in the 1790s was a formidable practicing politician, and so skillful at cutting deals that he was dubbed the big knife.

their naturally discreet style made them ideal channels for diplomacy.

In the first essay, Hamilton dealt with the objection that only Congress could issue a neutrality proclamation, since it alone had the power to declare war. Hamilton pointed out that if "the legislature have a right to make war, on the one hand, it is, on the other, the duty of the executive to preserve peace till war is declared."50 Once again, Hamilton broadened the authority of the executive branch in diplomacy, especially during emergencies.

Junius insisted that every French document be accompanied by a certified translation.

This left French politicians in the dark during critical moments in the bargaining.

He was always careful to couch his decisions as suggestions or questions.

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Here's my strategy on the Cold War: we win, they lose.

We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.

People don't start wars, governments do.

I couldn t help but say to Mr. Gorbachev just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we held if suddenly there was a threat to this world from another planet. We d find out once and for all that we really are all human beings here on this earth together