Quotes About Diplomacy

Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.

But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.

Diplomacy is, perhaps, one element of the U.S. government that should not be subject to the demands of 'open government'; whenever it works, it is usually because it is done behind closed doors. But this may be increasingly hard to achieve in the age of Twittering bureaucrats.

As fiscal constraints impinge on defence and diplomacy, governments find themselves increasingly homebound, even if diplomats happily travel to summits.

I'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining.

France wants Britain to remain in the E.U.; indeed, how can we imagine that friendly nation that is our ally and played a role on the international stage could be outside the E.U.?

If old American alliance commitments don't count for as much, countries will, in some cases, then say, 'Well, we've got to militarize in certain ways and act more independently.'

Thus we come to the final paradox that while the best way to avoid atomic warfare is to get rid of war itself, the strongest present ally in the effort to get rid of war is the capacity to resort to atomic warfare at a moments notice.

Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.

We are in the midst of a cold war which is getting warmer.

Although the shooting war is over, we are in the midst of a cold war which is getting warmer.

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.

Kahe vaenuliku inimgrupi kohtumisel peaks siiski kinni pidama elementaarsetest käitumisreeglitest. Esiteks ei jooda vaenlasega teed. Teiseks ei räägita temaga. Kolmandaks tuleb informatsioon välja pigistada ähvarduste ja vajaduse korral vägivallaga, mitte teega.

Instead of spending more money on the military than the next ten nations combined, we should lead the world in diplomacy and international collaboration, especially when it comes to preventing wars and combating climate change.

No century has been more concerned than ours to do away with war: it has proved signally unsuccessful. All too little attention has been given to the phenomenon that internal politics have become increasingly more warlike.

Accept of things, having procured them by persuasion, not by force.

NATO is in fact going to crumble if we don't beat Trump. NATO is in real trouble. We need NATO for more reasons than just physical security. We need NATO to make sure that we do not allow Russia to continue to have its influence in Eastern Europe in ways that it had before. It wasn't just to stop the Soviet Union from coming into the United States, coming into Europe. It was to make sure that we did not have a kleptocracy taking over that part of the world, to unite Europe in our behalf.

Politics doesn't have to be a raging fire, destroying everything in its path. Every disagreement doesn't have to be a cause for total war.

Peace, n. In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.

DIPLOMACY, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go.

People around the world have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

Sound science must be a basis to governing our trade relations around the globe.

You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.