Quotes About Diplomacy

I'm not an extremist. And I disagree with Saudis who are calling for regime change and stuff like that.

We can pursue peaceful diplomacy with the Iranian regime while also continuing our maximum economic pressure campaign, while also defending ourselves... To say that it's a war with Iran or nothing is just a fundamental misunderstanding of how foreign policy actually works.

Iran has pursued a deliberate policy of kidnapping and unjustly detaining innocent Americans since the very beginning of its revolutionary regime.

Qaddafi may rail endlessly about foreign meddling, but the reaction of Western governments clearly matters to his regime.

The Iranian regime has been terrorizing the Middle East for 40 years. They've been the aggressor for 40 years. And finally this president, President Donald J. Trump, said 'enough is enough.'

The Iranian regime should know that we will hold them accountable for any actions that their Shia militias take in Iraq.

Rogue regimes never respond to anything less than hardball.

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

Prudence dictates that there should be a balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Middle East is a region where predictions go to die.

The main problem that we have in Lebanon, and in the region, is we don't have a real peace process and I think this is the main focal problem that we have in the region.

What we have to do is make our way in Asia ourselves with an independent foreign policy. Our future is basically in the region around us in South East Asia.

Well, peace is a very expensive commodity in my country, as well as in my region.

We are not facing China alone; we are facing China together with a lot of other people in the region.

We will work constructively with China as we always have. Our futures are very much intertwined in the region.

The ASEAN is located at the center of the Indo-Pacific region and is critical for achieving a Free and Open Indo-Pacific.

America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.

We are safer, the region is safer, the world is safer without Saddam.

So for mutual interest, I do want American presence in this region.

In this century, the 21st century, the U.S. recognizes our prosperity and our security depends even more on the Asia-Pacific region.

You can't have a discussion about Israel and the region without including Iran and their nuclear ambitions.

I'm not a historian. I'm a politician. What is important for us is that the countries of the region and the people grow closer to each other, and that they are able to prevent aggression and injustice.

I've found that in places where women have not really been afforded full rights yet - for instance, in the Middle East - even very conservative politicians in the region will say, 'You know, my daughter would really like to meet you,' or, 'Would you send a note to my granddaughter?'

I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region.