Quotes About Diplomacy

... if you love your country why is it necessary to hate other countries?

We've been at peace about as long as e were at war.

Communication implies intelligence, which implies an innate desire for peace.

Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.

if you have to say "no offense" to someone, you have already offended them.

Maybe nobody has a right to tell anybody to shut up. Maybe this is how wars get started, because someone tells someone else to shut up, and then no one will apologize.

he'd know that I think that . . . well, that bending an enemy's will through military force is the absolute last way a nation ought to go about solving their problems.

Maybe this is how wars get started, because someone tells someone else to shut up, and then no one will apologize.

One cannot toss ambassadors back like bad fish, said Eugenides. You treat them with care, or you'll find you've committed an act of war.

The gossip will carry to Attolian spies, who will report to Relius, Attolia's master of spies, and he will carry the news to her. Her secretary of the archives, murmured the magus. Hmm? asked the queen. Secretary of the archives, Relius. Master of spies is so- Accurate? Overtly direct, said the magus. Eddis laughed.

Treachery, said the Mede. Diplomacy, said Attolia, in my own name.

Of course," she said, "Your Majesty." I admired the way she could make the words sound so much like "You Idiot.

Do not offend one power to attain the favor of another.

You are Eddis. Go smack him! Eddis shook her head. Smacking people will not persuade them.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

the only weapon I bring to a conversation is a knife. A gun means the talking is over.

The best way to respond to distracting personal attacks is to practice bringing the conversation back to the issue at hand. Never fall into the trap of engaging in personal attacks while letting the topic of conversation slip into the background. Doing so allows your opponent to escape the need to explain her position.

Compromise is most likely when both parties respect each other no matter how much they disagree. In stressful situations where you need a consensus, respect sometimes means saying nothing and refraining from name-calling even when irritated.

Nothing is more prejudicial to war than talk.

and their husbands. When the Quauhquechollans saw how peaceably

Você nunca, nunca deve contar seus crimes aos outros, a não ser que sejam tão grandes a ponto de não poderem ficar escondidos, e nesse caso descreva-os como política ou ação de Estado.

So what do we do?" Finan asked. "We ride down there," I said, easing my way back from the crest, "we smile politely, and tell the stupid bastard that he's our prisoner.

Podemos fazer a paz, mas apenas se formos suficientemente fortes para fazer a guerra

so long as Ivar is weak he will be your friend. Strengthen him and you make an enemy. -What use is a weak friend? -More use than a strong enemy.