Quotes About Diplomacy

Someone needs to talk sense to the president. But these people are not world travelers. This president, much as I like him, had all the opportunities in the world.

I wanted to be a man who travelled the world to make peace. I didn't realise that most diplomats are megaphones for their governments.

I have travelled enough internationally to know and accept the reality that, overwhelmingly, people are well disposed to Australia but in truth know very little about it. In particular, people know hardly anything about Australian politics.

I won't let any ambassador have a say about my foreign travels.

It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.

We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.

By June 1974, Treasury Secretary George Shultz was already suggesting that rising oil prices could result in a 'highly advantageous mutual bargain' between the United States and petroleum-producing countries in the Middle East.

If you want to treat China as an enemy, you have a much better chance of making them an enemy than if you treat them as a potential friend.

I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one.

We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it.

Treat the world like a failed state; then you can understand the players needed to fix it.

It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak.

If you treat China like a foe, surely she will become one.

I would like to put forward a simple thesis that should no longer be at all controversial: it is now objectively the case that our national interests are increasingly affected not just by what happens between states, but also by how people are treated within states.

No British Prime Minister should be treated with barely concealed disrespect by our allies.

Until 1956, America treated Israel not much differently from other friendly states.

In 2004, President Bush gave Prime Minister Sharon certain guarantees about American policy, but the Obama administration treated those as a kind of private letter having no binding policy impact.

If Iran wants their money back and wants to be treated like a normal nation, they need to act like a normal nation.

The U.K. should be treated with respect because it deserves respect.

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.

Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.

Mexico has 44 treaties with other countries that make it very advantageous to do international shipping from Mexico rather than from the United States.

We live in a dangerous world, and Russia has not complied with existing treaties.

We need to review treaties to make them reflect our national interest.