Quotes About Diplomacy

In America, we believe in peace through strength, and that's what we will have.

I think you believe in these words, I think - three very important words, peace through strength, right. Peace through strength.

Nixon is a strong leader with a good grasp of the world's problems. He knows that the only way to argue with the communists is from a position of strength.

If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble, and neither will speaking softly avail, if back of the softness there does not lie strength, power.

Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions.

I think I've always believed in Ronald Reagan's adage, "Peace through Strength." Let's grow stronger on a transatlantic basis in our economies.

I do believe that American should deal from strength.

It's very important to make nuclear deals but you have to make them from strength, not from weakness.

It's essential for a president to show strength from the very beginning, to make it very clear what is acceptable and not acceptable.

Are we going to lead the world with strength and in accordance with our values? That's what I intend to do.

Despite the present, temporary interests that Israel has in common with France and Britain, you ought not to forget that the strength of Israel and her future are bound up with the United States.

Whole part of the world is a mess under [Barack] Obama, with all the strength that you're talking about and all of the power of NATO.

Diplomacy is not merely talking somebody into something; it's talking to somebody from a position of strength. You put your power on the table to open up the conversation; that's diplomacy.

I'm a Reagan conservative. Reagan did negotiate with the Soviets. But you have to negotiate from a position of strength.

President Trump also mentioned that under the right conditions, he is willing to engage in dialogue with North Korea.

I stress that we unambiguously support strengthening the non-proliferation regime, without any exceptions, on the basis of international law.

You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.

Whatever your grade or position, if you know how and when to speak, and when to remain silent, your chances of real success are proportionately increased.

Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely, very calmly, but nevertheless, state them openly.

No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.

The United Nations is our conscience. If it succeeds it is our success. If it fails it is our failure.

When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far; 'tis sufficient to let the company and your adversary see 'tis in your power but that you are too generous to make use of it.

Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come - and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance.

En política, querido mío, y vos lo sabéis tan bien como yo, no hay hombres, sino ideas; no sentimientos, sino intereses; en política no se mata a un hombre, sino se allana un obstáculo.