Quotes About Diplomacy

Interest does not tie nations together it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them.

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don't have a passport.

I asked Tom if countries always apologized when they had done wrong and he said: "Yes: the little one does."

We had a very successful trip to Russia we got back.

A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors - to dislodge the worms.

I still remember, as a kid, tying a yellow ribbon around a tree in front of my house during the 444 days that Iran held 52 Americans hostage. Iran is not a place we should be doing business with.

Any agreement that you have isn't going to be based on North Korea's intentions or trust.

We will work with any Administration and with any President in whom the American people have placed their trust. That is, of course, if they wish to cooperate with Russia.

Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

No one places any trust in the words of the Americans.

I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort to arms by the benignant processes of civilization.

Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences.

The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.

Various channels of dialogue must be kept open to build trust. I will meet North Korea's leader if it is needed to develop relations between the two Koreas.

We do not trust the goodwill of the U.S. They have cut the ties.

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.

I will keep the promise I made to you to open a new era on the Korean peninsula, based on strong security and trust-based diplomacy.

You have made a very good point: both the Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] and I enjoy a fairly high level of trust among the citizens of our countries.

What is at stake is preserving our relations with the United States. They should not be changed because of what has happened. But trust has to be restored and reinforced.

No one imposes things on anyone in Europe. That's not my notion, nor is it my temperament. The EU has always functioned under the banner of respect, equilibrium and trust.

But the dreams of designing diplomats do not always prosper, and we must trust the future .

People have sought to adjust the truth to the hour instead of adjusting the hour to the truth, and in diplomacy they have endeavoured to bring about as much of the reality as they deem wise.