Quotes About Diplomacy

A wise man is one who doesn't stir up volcanoes, revolutions, or pregnant females.

In Martín's novel, the book that had kept Fermín company all those months, one of the characters swore that the best way of disarming the authorities was to speak to them first before they addressed you.

I assure you, Ladies and Gentlemen, that we shall discover ourselves in peace more than we have with war and confrontation, as I am sure that the Israelis, in turn shall find themselves in peace more than they have found it in war.

We would not have our politics distracted and embittered by the dissensions of other lands.

I arranged the first meeting between Ariel Sharon and the settlers.

Would most politicians have gone to a meeting with someone advertised as being an agent of the Russian government?

I feel it is my duty to take every single opportunity I get to advocate for peace, no matter the circumstances of those meetings.

The relationship between me and President Mandela right at the beginning was not a very well-established relationship. It was based on two meetings.

When I used to go the E.U. for meetings, I often had a terrible cold to insist that I didn't get enveloped in a bear hug. All the E.U. commissioners love doing their big hugs.

Don't mess with Sergio Marchionne.

The message I take all round the world is Britain is open for business.

Our message to the Russians is stay out of the U.S. elections.

People talk about immigration, but they won't talk about the corruption that actually exists between Mexico and the U.S.

I think it's very important that the United States keeps out of the local electoral process in Mexico.

It is our hope that in future discussions with the Mexican government, you will encourage Mexico to do its part to address illegal immigration rather than encourage their citizens to illegally enter the U.S.

Mexico will never accept U.S. military intervention. Mexicans always remember 1848.

My government's first aim will be to bring peace to Mexico.

Mexico's making a fortune off the United States.

Barack Obama would never accept a court in Mexico decreeing what the law in the United States would be.

Mexico will under no circumstance pay for the wall that Mr. Trump is proposing.

Mexico believes in free trade.

Mexico is an important country for the U.S. We should not forget that.

The words are frightening - how you're going to build a wall, how you're going to have Mexico pay for it. What does this mean?

If we have to talk to the devil to guarantee the safety and future of the Mexican people in the U.S., Mexico will talk to the devil.