Quotes About Diplomacy

I don't want to go to a trade war, I want to beat China. I want to go to war with China and make America the most attractive place in the world to do business.

I am against all war.

Anybody who really wants to abolish war must resolutely declare himself in favor of his own country's resigning a portion of sovereignty in place of international institutions.

Though I normally approve of plain speaking, as you know, I would suggest that as part of your good behavior, you refer to the king as 'his grace' or even simply 'the king' instead of 'that creature,' by the way.

but a show of force by the mightiest nation on earth isn't going to do anything except convince them that their attitudes are worth holding on to. Soon they'll be martyrs and world opinion will think the British Empire nothing but a big bully too fond of waving the big stick.

By leaving a power vacuum in the world's darkest hour, the United States has bequeathed China ample room to overreach—and to demonstrate that it is unqualified for a position of sole global leadership."12

I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally.

The U.S. cannot go it alone simply when it is convenient.

During [Louis XIV]'s reign, France became the largest and most important nation in Europe.

Remember that even in war there is a time for restraint. A time to hold back your sword.

You mean . . . I could demand that they give Peeta immunity? And they'd have to agree to it?" "I think you could demand almost anything and they'd have to agree to it.

It'd be nice if people consider me somewhat of an ambassador.

I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy.

As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same. If we go down that road, where are we going?

Sooner or later, Israel will have to defeat Hamas. There is no way around it.

Being Politically Correct means always having to say you're sorry.

The Open Skies issue is something that's ongoing and we understand that there are issues in Australia that need to be sorted out. It's something that I think over time there's an opportunity for us and we'll work on that in a progressive way.

The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and a cultural power and hence a friend of other nations. We have never sought to dominate others or to violate the rights of any other country.

Mandela was a guy who didn't come in and just eviscerate the existing institutions. He sought to co-opt them. He brought white South Africans into his government.

George Bush looked into Putin's eyes and saw his soul in the first meeting he had in Slovenia. And then in the next meeting, he realized his soul was very dark.

International legitimacy is a fundamental source of power for Israel nowadays.

Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.

With South East Asian nations, ASEAN countries, with some of them, we do have defence cooperation, and we continue with them.

We've advanced in the construction of a true free-trade area across South America... What's needed now is less rhetoric and more action.