Quotes About Diplomacy

Like Old Cato I say time and again: The occupation has to stop, the sooner the better.

Peace is a precious commodity. Like any other precious commodity it is expensive. Those who wish peace should be willing to pay and sacrifice for it.

Some leaders find it easier to make war than to make peace.

Yardley's The American Black Chamber

Native Americans and African Americans, although victimized, hardly remained passive. Using a variety of strategies, they tried to take advantage of the rift between colonists and the mother country:

Most of the Iroquois, however warlike, suspected it was in their own best interests to sit this one out. But that was not easily done, for the pressures to become involved only intensified.

Economics is war pursued by other means.

On the brink of a second world war, the United States was the only global power without a centralized intelligence agency. The gathering of foreign intelligence, what there was of it, was relegated to the diplomats and attachés.

Cambodia is not going to be bought by anyone.

The U.S. and Israel need to address points of difference between them in private, not in the UN or in front of cameras.

I am not in the camp of 'Russia has to be our enemy, and they have to be that way forever,' and I think sometimes we fight about from the past.

How can you work with someone if you went into their state to campaign against them?

We have such a marvelous interplay between Canada and the United States.

America has some capabilities that Israel doesn't have. And Israel cannot place their security in the hands of Barack Obama; they can't do it.

Sharon is capable of making peace.

Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

I learned that you have to be careful about how you say things but not what you say.

Arafat carried out what I consider to be atrocities.

It's my feeling that on sensitive, localized issues like our schools, it's important to lead with the carrot and not force peoples' hands.

I don't do carrots.

I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties.

If you're making enemies along the way, you're going to limit the ability for yourself to be successful in advancing your causes.

Americans want a strong military but one that is extremely cautious about getting involved in war.

Celebrity gets you access to world leaders.