Quotes About Diplomacy

You don't have people chanting 'Death to America' in Israel.

I think that peace will require two states, a Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state.

Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way.

You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.

Most of the approaches to peace between Israel and the Palestinians, have been directed at trying to resolve the most complex problems, like refugees and Jerusalem, which is akin to building the pyramid from the top down.

You know, I'm just not going to get into American politics.

Hitler didn't want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jews, and Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Hitler and said, 'If you expel them, they'll all come here.' -- 'So what should I do with them?' Hitler asked the mufti, who responded: 'Burn them.'.

The only peace that can endure is a peace that can be defended.

We don't point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.

If diplomacy has any chance to work, it must be coupled with a credible military threat.

the Arab world is more than five hundred times the size of the Jewish state.

the art of politics and the idea of cohering interests.

the Molotov walkout" was a watershed. It made it "transparently clear that Russia was not interested in European reconstruction, but in chaos.

Through talk, we tamed kings, restrained tyrants, averted revolution.

Ralph Bunche

To properly reflect the changes of the world and of the UN, with its growing number of member states, we would like to see an enlargement of the SC that gives room for new members, not least developing countries.

I hope you'll find that my campaign was a reflection of how I plan to govern - bringing people together, building coalitions, and finding common ground.

NATO expansion and Russian expansion - one leads to the other, and one reflects the other.

There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on.

Let's start fresh with Russia on some real help and some real reform.

The message of the free world to any potential Palestinian leadership should be a simple one: Embrace democratic reform and we will embrace you.

Conversations with my counterparts in Europe have made clear that many of them recognize NATO's limitations and understand the need for reform.

The message I would say to China is, 'Carry on with the reform; carry on with the change you are making.'

When China fails to live up to its obligations, we push back - sort of. We accept arguments from Chinese leaders that they are a developing country that needs time to reform.