Quotes About Diplomacy

The plan is, by a combination of fighting, bargaining and well-timed strokes of treachery, to acquire a ring of bases completely encircling one or other of the rival states, and then to sign a pact of friendship with that rival and remain on peaceful terms for so many years as to lull suspicion to sleep. During this time rockets loaded with atomic bombs can be assembled at all the strategic spots;

Or say we have two rival dictators in a death grudge. Assuming ED289/290 develops nicely in pill form, allow me to slip each dictator a mickey. Soon their tongues are down each other's throats and doves of peace are pooping on their epaulets.

and don't take no shit from nobody, unless taking shit from them is part of your master plan to get the best of them by tricking them into being your friend.

My main concern is with the world order

I am a war president.

Amigo! Amigo! (Calling out to the ITALLIAN Prime minister....)

I introduced Putin to our Scottish terrier, Barney. He wasn't very impressed. On my next trip to Russia, Vladimir asked if I wanted to meet his dog, Koni. Sure, I said. As we walked the birch-lined grounds of his dacha, a big black Labrador came charging across the lawn. With a twinkle in his eye, Vladimir said, Bigger, stronger, and faster than Barney. Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada [said], You're lucky he only showed you his dog.

I heard somebody say, 'Where's (Nelson) Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead. Because Saddam killed all the Mandelas. --George W. Bush, on the former South African president, who is still very much alive, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2007

See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction. —George W. Bush, Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003

We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers.

You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror. --George W. Bush, interview with CBS News' Katie Couric, Sept. 6, 2006

No, I know all the war rhetoric, but it's all aimed at achieving peace.

I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend. [on an upcoming trip to Denmark]

I had taken office during a raging intifada, with Yasser Arafat running the Palestinian Authority, Israeli leaders committed to a Greater Israel policy, and Arab nations complaining from the sidelines. By the time I left, the Palestinians had a president and prime minister who rejected terrorism. The Israelis had withdrawn from some settlements and supported a two-state solution. And Arab nations were playing an active role in the peace process.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy

The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.

Nothing is more essential, than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular Nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.

I can truly say I had rather be a Mount Vernon than to be attended at the Seat of Government by the Officers of State and the Representatives of every Power in Europe.

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

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

Lay waste all the settlements around... that the country may not be merely overrun, but destroyed ... listen to any overture of peace before the total ruin of their settlements is effected.