Quotes About Diplomacy

Europe started out with six countries; three small countries and three large countries.

One of the things with Canada is we're of a modest enough size that we never feel that the ideal outcome of any given deal is, we win and you lose.

The Israeli people are skeptical about the chances of a long-term peace, but if they saw it, they'd grab it. Any Israeli government that wants to be reelected should be interested in a lasting peace.

The art of negotiating is a learned skill. It is practiced and often honed in the marketplace as well as legislative bodies.

I'm simply saying that there are advantages in sending a skilled diplomat who can always say, 'I'll get back to you on that, Mr. Minister'.

I've done a lot of deals, and I'm skilled at negotiating, managing personalities, and getting parties to the table.

Politics demands certain skills honed by experience, just as journalism does, just as acting does.

I believe that anybody who has to export, and who believes in skills, gets away from fighting about history.

That's exactly what [Donald] Trump says, Putin is a great leader. We should love Putin. He has a high popular and everybody oh, fine, you guys - oh, that's terrific.

My love of the British is equal to that of my own people.

Wearing love beads and touting our sincerity will not make this a safer world.

Se lo interrogavano, rispondeva a monosillabi e cercava di non sbilanciarsi. Su Deneb questa gli sarebbe sembrata una ipocrisia, ma sulla Terra si chiamava essere diplomatici.

The 1905 draft of a treaty between Russia and Japan, written in both French and English, treated the English control and French contrôler as synonyms when in fact the English form means "to dominate or hold power" while the French means simply "to inspect." The treaty nearly fell apart as a result. The

Although scientists were in an internationally co-operative mood, nations weren't.)

His knowledge of war has fed a passion for peace.

Sun Tzu said, "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

Bill Clinton

When Sun Tzu said, "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer," he had a point.

Yes, NATO's expansion to the borders of Russia is of great concern to them. But in Russia's eyes, and of course I mean no disrespect, Juergen—but in Russia's eyes, when it sees NATO, it sees America. America, first and foremost, and then its allies.

Chancellor Juergen Richter sits with his one aide, a fair-haired young man named Dieter Kohl, the head of Germany's BND, its international intelligence service. Prime Minister Noya Baram brought her chief of staff, a stout, formal, older man who once served as a general in the Israeli army.

Mr. Prime Minister," I say, standing alone on the driveway, my hand extended. "Mr. President." His expression implacable, his dark eyes peering into mine, he shakes my hand with an iron grip. He is dressed in a black suit and a tie that is a solid blue on the top half, red on the bottom, two-thirds of the Russian flag.

politics is the art of the compromise

Jiang Lijun is not a vice president for the China State Construction Engineering Corporation but a senior officer with the Ministry of State Security. What the hell are the Americans up to?

sixth president leaves you clueless? I will help you. He was John Quincy Adams, and he once said, 'Americans should not go abroad to slay dragons they do not understand in the name of spreading democracy.