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Quotes About Diplomacy

The SCO countries have been connected historically through shared commonalities, which we are constantly rejuvenating.
~ Sushma Swaraj
People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.
~ Madeleine Albright
Our policies related to China should not be deviating as they differ in case of Pakistan. During times of trouble, we boycott these countries and after a few days extend an olive branch before them.
~ Uddhav Thackeray
The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem.
~ Erich Leinsdorf
Politics have no relation to morals.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Diplomacy can and will matter; little is inevitable in international relations.
~ Richard N. Haass
Non-alignment will continue to be the fundamental basis of our approach to world problems and our relations with other countries.
~ Lal Bahadur Shastri
Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.
~ Joe Biden
I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis.
~ James Monroe
We are conscious of the need to maintain good relations with the United States. We have a border of more than 3,000 kilometers; more than 12 million Mexicans live in the United States. It is our main economic-commercial partner.
~ Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
I don't believe in ideology in international relations.
~ Sergei Lavrov
India always wants good, friendly relations with its neighbours and continues with its policy of not disturbing anyone. But if someone fires at us first, we will not count the retaliatory bullets.
~ Rajnath Singh
What you can do with relations is greater than what you can do with guns.
~ Shimon Peres
We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.
~ Franklin Pierce Adams
A very large majority of the U.S. population is in favor of establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba and has been for a long time with some fluctuations. And even part of the business world is in favor of it, too. But the government won't allow it.
~ Noam Chomsky
In international relations, you don't base your work on hope.
~ Federica Mogherini
No one has to agree with everything that someone else says. But in state-to-state relations, we have to understand that we can help each other much more doing it that way. We have to be more generous.
~ Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session.
~ James Monroe
Players have a great deal of flexibility when conducting diplomatic relations with their allies.
~ Mike Simpson
Past records of inter-Korean relations show that confrontation between fellow countrymen leads to nothing but war.
~ Kim Jong-un
Our policy is to deepen the relations with all the countries in the world - monarchies, kingdoms, large powers - we want to respect all differences and have our relationships based on mutual respect.
~ Hugo Chavez
We attach great importance to the peaceful development of cross-strait relations. But if our diplomatic relations is subject to China's goodwill, we will lose the autonomy of our diplomacy.
~ Tsai Ing-wen
It is hard to cement any relations with any country based on promises that may not be deliverable.
~ Jim Leach
As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made through engagement instead of isolation.
~ Earl Blumenauer