Quotes About Diplomacy

I'm absolutely convinced of that. Israel is the representative of the United States in that part of the world. Its policies are so integrated with American policies that they use the same language.

If all goes well, the Iraqis are going to have a country that's going to have a representative government and will be at peace with its neighbors and in the region.

It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.

'Compromise' isn't supposed to be a dirty word. It is, in fact, how representative democracy works.

I have worked in a very close and cordial way with Norwegian representatives at many international meetings, and the pleasure I felt at those associations was equaled only by the profit I always secured from them.

I believe it lies in the interests of Poland that our representatives are in the most prestigious positions, both in the European and global arena.

What I care most about is representing my constituents. If that ruffles a few feathers along the way, so be it.

I think China represents huge opportunities for Europe.

The Knesset members - Jews and Arabs - don't represent the state of Israel. The government is the one that represents the state of Israel officially.

We must work harder to lessen inequalities. Only by doing so can we speak with credibility and moral authority to other countries and the People's Republic of China.

For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I mean balanced relationships, based on mutual respect and observation of each other's rights.

If we don't get our relationship with the emerging People's Republic of China right, that is something that could lead to global catastrophe.

The Republicans are coming - make nice.

I'm a Reagan Republican, which means I don't speak ill of other Republicans.

Israel has, enjoys bipartisan support - both Democrats and Republicans - and we extend bipartisan hospitality to both Democrats and Republicans.

I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings.

China has always been very hospitable, but we can choose who enters our house. We could not allow any companies to enter China and make money while hurting the country.

Saddam Hussein was the one person after whom the United States went, and they ruined the country.

The legacies of Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat, of Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein, stand as an inspiration for all who work for peace.

Our country desperately needs a president with a depth of global experience and an understanding of all the elements of our nation's power, from our economy and our diplomacy to the power of our ideals and our military, including its limitations.

We did not seek ideological confrontation.

To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.

I don't walk into a dinner party and say, 'You're an idiot; give me my coat.'

The failure of the U.S.'s foreign adventures often seems to have its roots in the U.S.'s total ignorance of things on the ground, of the countries that they fiddle with.