Quotes About Diplomacy

They also reminded me of a story Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher included in one of his speeches about the early nineteenth-century French diplomat Talleyrand and his archrival, Prince Metternich of Austria. When Talleyrand died, Metternich was reported to have said, "I wonder what he meant by that?" It seemed that no matter what I said or how plainly I said it, the markets tried to divine some hidden meaning.

It's not obvious, therefore, what officially declaring China to be a manipulator would accomplish.

In my own speech the next morning, August 31, I had to walk a fine line.

But it's hard to avoid the conclusion that today we need more cooperation and less confrontation in Washington.

As politically independent central bankers, we had to walk a fine line.

Foreign officials joined in the criticism.

Despite those tensions, the G-7 representatives were determined to work together. Too much was at stake for the group to leave Washington without at least the outlines of a coordinated response.

I urge you, in your public communication, to consider highlighting areas of common ground in addition to differences.

and he excelled at the diplomacy required of him by Europe's crisis.

Such diplomacy is not to be sneezed at, for the suit is a window to the soul: lightweight cotton when cash is tight, Italian cashmere when an inheritance lands; waistlines drawn in during illness or anxiety, and let out at times of excess. Weddings, funerals, christenings, and court appearances—all of life's landmarks are sanctified, quietly and confidentially, by one's tailor.

My party would not have allowed the Taleban to become such a huge force that they would need to sign a peace treaty.

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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

Finality is not the language of politics.

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In politics, nothing is contemptible.

Never has there been a good war or a bad peace

If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a temporary victory - sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. In my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace. When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.

Do good to thy Friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.