Quotes About Diplomacy

We have absolutely no intention of, or interest in, crossing Ukraine's borders.

Obama is under incredible pressure to supply arms to Ukraine.

Since 2008, I have been a Foreign Area Officer specializing in Eurasia. In this role, I have served in the United States' embassies in Kiev, Ukraine and Moscow, Russia.

I will be very involved in Ukraine.

A stable, prosperous and peaceful Ukraine is in the interests of everyone in the region.

Our basic problem is how do we stop the hot war on the ground in Ukraine, and not get into a more and more escalatory relationship with Putin.

If Trump's talking to Putin can help end the bloodshed in Ukraine or Syria, it would appear to be at least as ethical an act as pulpiteering about our moral superiority on the Sunday talk shows.

It is not all right for Russia to decide Ukraine's future.

Russia is doing all it can to promote early stabilisation in Ukraine.

Trump has actually been tougher on Ukraine than President Obama was. The first thing he did was put sanctions on Russia as it relates to the Ukraine.

The safety and security of all Americans is at stake in Ukraine and anywhere that our adversaries threaten the cause of freedom.

The goal of our actions is and will remain a sovereign and territorially intact Ukraine that can decide its own future.

My goal in politics from the very beginning has been, and will be, the goal of giving Ukraine a chance to finally secure a firm footing in the world as a competitive, independent and real European state.

Whenever you have political conflict, such as the one that we have now between Russia and Ukraine, but also in many other conflicts around the world, it has always proved to be right to try again and again to solve such a conflict.

Ukraine must be permitted to bring their own relief supplies safely to areas in the east of the country that are controlled by the separatists.

Ukraine is a very responsible state and a very responsible part of the Minsk Agreement. We do everything we promise.

The role that I played in Ukraine ended up resulting in Ukraine becoming part of the European community.

Everyone knows: if Russia threatens Ukraine and also has its sights on other states, this concerns the global security of Europe.

Russia has done more than any other country to support the independent Ukrainian state, including for many years subsidising its economy through low energy prices.

I have never allowed anti-Russian rhetoric in Ukrainian policy toward such a strategic partner like Russia. This is the first point. I never went against the interests of the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people.

Canada has the world's largest Ukrainian population outside of Ukraine and Russia. As a senator from Minnesota, a state with a large Ukrainian-American community, I understand how important it is that Canada works with us to stand up to Russian aggression in Ukraine.

It's all too easy to imagine Trump issuing an ultimate, thermonuclear 'You're fired!' to China, Iran, or another nation - and perhaps to the whole human race.

Our ultimate goal is that Iran never have a nuclear bomb.

Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.