Quotes About Diplomacy

And from this story I learned about the geopolitics of taking out one's salami.

Great powers can tend to be casual because the situation is not existential. This increases the cost of doing what is necessary.

If the cost of naming the enemy is diplomatically or politically unacceptable, then the war is not likely to go well.

since the EU was created, there have been more wars in Europe than between 1945 and 1992. Many

Maintaining the balance of power should be as fundamental to American foreign policy as the Bill of Rights is to domestic policy.

By merely foreswearing violence and taking advantage of their unique position contiguous with the world's most creative people, the Palestinians could be rich and happy.

He waved his hand, trying to find the right words. "Lord Arland, sometimes it helps to speak plainly." "Sword," he said.

Angel, while diplomatic, suffered from an eloquent man's malady—faced with silence, he felt compelled to fill it, even when it was in his best interests to keep his mouth shut.

Maud stood up, turned to Seveline and Onda, and said in Ancestor Vampiric, "Did you get all that or do you need me to translate it for you into your backwater gibberish?

Treaty of Peace Shall Be Held Valid in Which There Is Tacitly Reserved Matter for a Future War";

No nation shall forcibly interfere with the constitution and government of another.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the world's democracies numbered fewer than a dozen. Since this imperfect United States of America became the recognized leader of the world, 80 percent of the countries on Planet Earth are either democracies or proto-democracies.

Do you know the anecdote about Rubens? He was serving Holland as Ambassador to Spain and used to spend the afternoon in the royal gardens before his easel. One day a jaunty member of the Spanish Court passed and remarked, 'I see that the diplomat amuses himself sometimes with painting,' to which Rubens replied, 'No, the painter amuses himself sometimes with diplomacy!

Lord Dorwin, gentlemen, in five days of discussion didn't say one damned thing, and said it so you never noticed.

I consider violence an uneconomical way of attaining an end. There are always better substitutes, though they may sometimes be a little less direct.

nunca cometía la equivocación de ser demasiado educado con un hombre de la Fundación. Él podía ser un extranjero, pero un hombre siempre es un hombre.

el amable arte de actuar solapadamente.

You're what they call a man of peace, aren't you?" "I suppose I am. At least, I consider violence an uneconomical way of attaining an end.

la política de apaciguamiento

Don't worry. I'll keep the peace, if I have to start a war to do it.

At least, I consider violence an uneconomical way of attaining an end.

Many times have I longed to broil a diplomat over a slow fire," the Aga Kaga snarled. "Tonight will see it come to pass!" "I've seen it done often at staff meetings," said Retief. "It seems to have no permanent effect.

sincere friendship through trade will be many times better than an insecure overlordship

Come sempre, quando mi succede qualcosa di propizio, chiesi al mio io interiore se ero finalmente felice. Ma mantenne un silenzio diplomatico. Pareva che avessi un grande talento nel soffrire, ma che nessun risultato potesse mai soddisfarmi