Quotes About Diplomacy

Peace is not something you wish for, it's something you make

It is easier to start a war than to end it.

If you can't say anything nice about somebody, step away from the voice enhancement equipment.

Henry Kissinger spent years negotiating the terms of our surrender there and ended up with a deal that he could have gotten on the first day he went to work in the Nixon White House - the Americans leave and North Vietnam wins.

When Richard Nixon came to Beijing in the winter of 1972, China was still in the throes of the Cultural Revolution, so it had a limited array of entertainment to provide.

As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small and nations so dependent on each other that the only alternative to war is the United States of the World.

I don't believe that in the name of the holiness of the city you have to put barbed wires, machine gun nests, mine pins and everything of that, in the name of the holiness of Jerusalem.

I have to convince other Democrats and Republicans that it's wise to invest in the U.S.-Mexico border, not just for security, but also for mobility and trade, and that's why we should open up the border.

Emotion is always the enemy of wise statesmanship.

I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.

During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.

The wise Jewish Israeli must work with the moderate Muslim and the Christian leader of the free world against the crazy Muslims.

All our security now depends on the wise decisions and cooperation of our leaders.

It would be wise for the U.S. private sector to stay away from Iran.

Rushing to war is not a wise course of action.

Saying you don't want to enter every potential war in the Middle East doesn't make you an isolationist; it makes you wise.

In my wide travels across the world and my meetings with various heads of states, be that Africa or South Asia, Singapore or in high level meetings in the U.S., U.K. or Japan, one common mention is about Dr. Singh's extraordinary reputation as a Wise Man, an outstanding Economist and a fine Gentleman.

Israel is the strongest nation in the Middle East, but we have to apply our strength wisely.

I think people like that I speak my mind, but I think I can speak my mind in a better way sometimes and choose my words a little bit more wisely.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.

I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran.

I'm not myself religious but have no wish to insult or denigrate those who are.

I express Catalonia's wish of being in the E.U. We'll see what happens.