Quotes About Diplomacy

'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in.

I don't think that strategically it is smart to begin cutting your options when the other side does not move at all.

Putin is very - not the smartest guy in the world.

The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner.

I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.

Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.

There's something just so kind of smooth about politicians.

In politics, acceptability plays very important role. On one hand, acceptability among the coalition partners is required for smooth functioning of the government. On the other hand, acceptability among the people is needed to run the country.

I know what we need to get done to leave the E.U. in a smooth fashion - and I also know that we do not need is a lengthy extension.

The first time I ever saw snow skis was when I was 62 years old and that was 19 years ago and I'm still skiing. So, we'll be skiing with some very close friends of the Carter Center letting them know what the Carter Center is doing around the world. We have programs in over 65 countries.

We believe Russian-American relations are broader and larger than emotions and mutual grudges, including the situation with the U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden.

Egypt has been a partner of the United States over the last 30 years, has been instrumental in keeping the peace in the Middle East between Egypt and Israel, which is a critical accomplishment that has meant so much to so many people.

Grasping the realities of the Middle East is never easy. This is not primarily because they change quickly, but because so much time, effort, and money is spent to prevent reality from breaking through.

The next war in our region will be over the waters of the Nile, not politics," observed Boutros Boutros-Ghali, then Egypt's minister of state for foreign affairs, in 1988.

Qui, au fond, a eu l'idée de retourner le principe de Clausewitz, qui a eu l'idée de dire : il se peut bien que la guerre soit la politique menée par d'autres moyens, mais la politique elle-même n'est-elle pas la guerre menée par d'autres moyens?

Military force should never be used for its own sake, but always to achieve a political objective.

I can love the people who hold false opinions but I don't have to be nice to them.

I love the English. My God, they brought us 'Benny Hill,' 'Monty Python,' 'The Office,' Neville Chamberlain.

Both sides were supposed to release all their prisoners, those were unconditional. There was some prisoner release that took place but it's not been satisfactory.

I would love to see the French spending money to restore Iraq.

Every damn President since I can remember has been so in love with foreign policy that they're just like a schoolboy with a new girl.

I would love to have a stable, productive relationship with Russia.

Hillary Clinton comes out and said, we love our allies, we think our allies are great. Well, it's awfully hard to get them to pay up when you have somebody saying we think how great they are.

You've had a lot of presidents that haven't take that tack [get along with Russia]. Look where we are now. Look where we are now. So, if I can - now, I love to negotiate things.