Quotes About Diplomacy

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.

I just don't believe that you have to come in and insult people when you want to change things.

I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned.

So often I have said in the past, when a war is over, the statesmen should not go into conference one with another, but should turn their attention to the infant rooms, since it is from there that comes peace or war.

I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.

A bad peace is even worse than war.

We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.

War is not civilized.

Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.

Today Henry would be running a banana republic with serious border issues and a dodgy nuclear-weapons program.

I apologize for my sister, Hafell," he said quickly. "She is overwrought from events of the past few days." Nori kicked his foot, but he didn't turn a hair as he finished smoothly, "I believe she meant to say that she was a stubborn, shortsighted, small-minded, Randonnen mountain rat.

I tell you that no nation is the enemy of another nation, no people the enemy of another people! There are no bad nations; there are only bad governments, which are taken over by the men of evil. 'The spawn of Satan,' as the Bible calls them.

No one knew why the aliens wouldn't talk to us in person; fear of cooties, maybe.

mean that we cannot conduct trade. We simply need to know why they're here, and what we have that they want. Once we have that information, we can begin trade negotiations. "I should emphasize

You simply cannot tell other people they are stupid, even if they really are stupid.

I would like to tell our American, British and Spanish friends that the Iraqi crisis is not a problem between the United States and France, but between those who want to move forward in the logic of war and the international community.

I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good.

I am an Irish Catholic person. I've been a man and a woman. I speak Russian, sort of. And then I'm very diplomatic.

In order to be a diplomat, one must speak a number of languages, including doubletalk.

I know things, but I shut my mouth. They don't want me to speak, so I don't speak.

Always speak politely to an enraged Dragon.

England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages!

In the British embassy in Afghanistan in 2008, an embassy of 350 people, there were only three people who could speak Dari, the main language of Afghanistan, at a decent level. And there was not a single Pashto speaker.

House Speaker John Boehner and presumed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell understand the art of politics.