Quotes About Diplomacy

Why fight with an enemy who flees way at the mere twang of our bow

He wanted to be on good terms with the Washington generals," Dyson observed, "and to be a savior of humanity at the same time.

The very least we can conclude is that our twenty-thousandth bomb . . . will not in any deep strategic sense offset their two-thousandth.

This the United States will never do; and let me point out that we never had any of this hysterical fear of any nation until atomic weapons appeared upon the scene." Later in his presidency, Eisenhower would feel compelled to rebuke a panel of hawkish advisers, caustically observing, "You can't have this kind of war. There just aren't enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets.

According to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, when he was informed of the existence of the bomb at the Potsdam Conference in July, he told Stimson he thought an atomic bombing was unnecessary because "the Japanese were ready to surrender and it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing.

atomic diplomacy against the Soviet Union was a factor in President Truman's decision to use the bomb against a Japanese enemy that appeared to be defeated militarily.

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In politics, a conflict only exists in public; otherwise it is merely a potential for conflict, which we can never be certain exists or will materialize.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

People are always asking me in interviews, 'What do you think of foreign affairs?' I just say, 'I've had a few.'

An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country.

The United States does not accept foreign meddling in our elections, and we shouldn't have an ambassador attempting to intrude in another country's political affairs.

You just don't, in the 21st century, behave in 19th-century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pre-text.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.

Any country needs to know that there are consequences when they get involved in our elections. And I think that's why it's good that the investigations are going on and we're analyzing and we're looking into all of that, and I think we need to manage it accordingly.

Simply to have peace brings huge investment.

Argentina needs to have a different foreign policy. Because of a lack of foreign policy, investments haven't been what they should be.

While U.S. investments in India are growing, we also need Indian investments in America.

It is important to remember that I am not in the G-8; I am just an invited guest.

What's important is that we do this in the right timescale to get the right deal for the U.K. We shouldn't invoke Article 50 immediately.

I've been involved in and out of the U.N. for many years - in fact my first internship was in 1971, so it goes back a couple of years!

I would wish for more British involvement in Europe, not less.

A critical part of our relationship with Laos involves addressing the legacy of war.