Quotes About Diplomacy

You are so tactful that I have no idea what you want.

As long as Iran's aggressive policies continue, it's going to be bad for the region. Iran has to decide whether it wants a revolution or a nation-state.

Hitler will have no war (does not want war), but we will force it on him, not this year, but soon.

The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.

What Iran wants and what North Korea wants is respect.

The idea that if people are just friendly and demonstrate they want peace, that will be answered with good will - that is really naive.

China has to understand America wants to trade with them. We want a world that's stable. We like free enterprise, but you got to play by the rules.

Hillary Clinton is going to find common ground with the Republicans on foreign and military affairs. They both want to enhance the military budget.

Speaking seriously, Russia does not want to aggravate relations with anyone. We don't want any tensions. We want a good, friendly partnership with everyone.

The Middle East is America's 'champagne room'. No matter how much you spend, you will still never get what you want.

I said you were a man of peace. I want you to know I took immense crap for that.

It will be easier for you to bring him around to where you want him more by gentleness and patience than by being too uncompromising.

The important thing is Burma needs to end the civil war and for this to happen both sides must want to end the war.

We've said to the Iranians all along . . . we still remain open to diplomacy. But it's been very clear that the Iranians don't want to engage with us.

The prime minister of Israel is welcome to speak in the United States, obviously. But we don't want to see this turned into some great political football

I think you got to keep in mind that Obama was raised among Muslims, and I think he really does not want to use the word war on terror because he was raised in that community.

Peace through strength works. We've got the greatest military in the world. I want them to dominate any potential conflict.

I don't think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.

Being nonconfrontational allows people to feel like they can say anything they want.

How can we be isolating ourselves when it's 16 to 3 in NATO for what we want to do?

China is a rising adversary. So one of the things we have to do if we want China's support is to push back on China.

I'm not political. I just want America to do well, I want the world to do well. I want everyone to stop fighting.

We put no condition of any kind to the U.S., we don't want it to change its system, we don't want racial discrimination to cease in the U.S., we put no conditions to the establishment of relations.

If you're in the White House, it's your house, and you can invite whatever friend you want.