Quotes About Diplomacy

if you don't argue, you can't give in...

the best guarantee for world peace would be an extraterrestrial enemy.

Their bonding over birds went way beyond the way John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev bonded over Pushinka, a little dog that the Soviet leader sent to the White House.

The New START accord cuts the strategic nuclear arsenals on each side to 1,550 warheads. Can any of its critics make a case that our security would be imperiled if, the very next day, Obama and Medvedev made moves to take the levels down to 1,000—then to 500? If so, come show us the math. If not, it may be time to stop making arms control so politically complicated—time to stop letting arms control get in the way of disarmament.

The Pin is mightier than the sword

Peace means far more than the opposite of war.

So China will be having to make some choices as to whose side it wants to be on. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a major improvement in our relationship with them, if they choose correctly.

America can take many things, but she cannot take massive casualties. Saddam can. They don't matter to him.

The only way to remove permanently the risk of ultimate catastrophe is to abolish war altogether. War must cease to be an admissible social institution. We must learn to resolve our disputes by means other than military confrontation.

Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.

The Long Telegram'.

Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments.

Peace congresses often start by dealing with some of the less important questions in excessive detail, so at the end there is no time to discuss the most important problems.

Those who do not do politics will be done in by politics.

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.

Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.

Friedrich von Logau

War is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors d'oeuvres.

What if they take you captive?" Goradel asked. "My dear man," Breeze said, leaning forward to look out at Goradel. "That's why kings send ambassadors. This way, if someone gets captured, the king is still safe. We, my friend, are something Elend can never be: expendable." Goradel frowned at that. " I don't feel very expendable.

In a three-way negotiation, the weakest party actually has the most power - because his allegiance added to either of the other two will choose the eventual winner.

War is the last option of the state that has failed

You can't just say 'don't be offended' and then say something offensive, man! That's not how it works.

There's no profit in peace.