Quotes About Diplomacy

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened. At the same time, a response to a response doesn't really solve anything. It just creates a perpetual-motion machine.

In the first place you can be so absolutely honest and so absolutely wrong at the same time that I think it is better to be a combination of cautious and polite

The courtesy which most becomes a victor was denied to Germany for a long time.

I don't have much time for real violence at all. I think there are infinitely better ways of changing the world than using violence. Sitting round a table talking is a pretty good start.

Europeans are greater than they have been since any time since the end of the Cold War.

The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into Paris under a German flag

When a secretary of state rakes in millions and millions of dollars trading access and favors to special interests and foreign powers, I know the time for action has come.

I sometimes read that it's time for German democracy to finally grow up. I don't see it as a sign of maturity if we treat military missions as something normal.

The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe.

At the same time as we clearly condemn actions of violence by groups in Palestinian against Israel.

US policy toward Cuba [at the time] had two tracks. Track 1 was to assassinate Fidel Castro. Track 2 was to subvert the regime through people-to-people contact.

The central task of our time is to evolve a new system of world order based on principles of peace and justice.

There have always been people during periods of history that thought that we could get along with the enemy if only we would reach out. Peace in our time is a philosophy.

An ambassador should study the welfare of his country, and not spend his time in feasting and riot.

The best time to stop a fight is before it starts. The best vitamin for developing friends is B1. The best way to destroy an enemy in to make him a friend.

I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present.

There come times when we have to fight for peace.

The vice-president's tongue is several time zones ahead of his brain.

President Obama is in China. Also in China is evil Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. They're both in China at the same time. It's like running into your ex-girlfriend on vacation.

Every time Mexico really intelligently sends people over, we charge Mexico $100,000 for every person they send over.

The U.S. should stop garrisoning the globe, subsidizing rich friends, and reconstructing poor enemies. Instead, it's about time Washington focused on defending America and its people.

Never get angry," the Don had instructed. "Never make a threat. Reason with people.

Landlocked Switzerland: They're Nice and Neutral Only Because They're Tiny

Romans 12:18: "If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with everyone.