Quotes About Diplomacy

We're eyeball to eyeball, and the other fellow just blinked.

There has never been a war of Canadian origin, nor for a Canadian cause.

Living next to the United States is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.

Saskatchewan is much like Texas - except it's more friendly to the United States.

The Americans are our best friends - whether we like it or not.

The story of Canada is that if one meeting fails, you have another meeting.

In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just 20%.

Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

You can never hope to become a skilled conversationalist until you learn how to put your foot tactfully through the television set.

The world must be made safe for democracy.

When a diplomat says yes he means perhaps; when he says perhaps he means no; when he says no he is no diplomat.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me.

A gentleman is man who can disagree without being disagreeable.

There is but one way for a president to deal with the Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it's really going to work, the relationship between the president and the Congress has got to be almost incestuous.

The strongest pressure in the world can be friendly pressure.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

I just try to be respectful of everybody.

We are a G20 country. One of the biggest world economies. We're in the middle of three continents. Changing Saudi Arabia for the better means helping the region and changing the world. So this is what we are trying to do here. And we hope we get support from everyone.

The world of high-stakes international diplomacy can be rough and tumble, but it's more often than not a procession of suits and summits, protocol sessions and photo ops.

This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.

As we face the headwinds of our troubled and turbulent times, let us always be inspired by the legacy of Kofi Annan - and guided by the knowledge that he will continue speaking to us, urging us on toward the goals to which he dedicated his life and truly moved our world.

Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?

A strong, responsible Israel can become a stabilizer in such a turbulent region.