Quotes About Diplomacy

I agree with you, that in Politicks the Middle Way is none at all.

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

Great is the guilt of unnecessary war.

I agree with you that in politics the middle way is none at all.

All the politics in the world are nothing else but a kind of analysis of the quantity of probability in casual events, and a good politician signifies no more but one who is dexterous at such calculations.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.

The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.

Force is not a remedy.

The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.

The U.S. - E.U. economic relationship dwarfs America's economic ties with China.

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history.

Having won over his own people—in itself no mean feat, for they were a disparate bunch, drawn from all manner of creeds, colors, and tribes—he then went out and won over the enemy.

Yet it is the dissenters seeking a peaceful settlement

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

She is only a woman, the mistress of half an island, and yet she makes herself feared by Spain, by France, by the Empire, by all!" (Pope Sixtus V referring to Elizabeth I).

The only way to abolish war is to make peace seem heroic.

War is failure of diplomacy.

I can support going in after Saddam Hussein, but I want to make sure I don't go alone.

War is the trade of Kings.

All my life I've dealt with politicians. I know politicians better than anybody. And honestly, if you can't deal with a politician, there's something wrong with you.

As for opinions, if they're not pleasant they'd better be kept to yourself. I learned that early in life and forget it every day.

I discovered that a diplomat's life is largely entertaining and meeting people. At the end of the day there's nothing. So I gave up.

We must at all costs avoid saying no because people prefer those who say yes, and this allows us to survive in hostile territory.

In America, we do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone but rather to let it shine as an example. We will shine for everyone to follow.