Quotes About Diplomacy

Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement.

Peace is not a luxury. Peace is a necessity.

War should be not a war of choice; it should be a war of necessity. And it should be a last resort.

You can't negotiate in public. People won't make concessions in public. They will do that in private. Like sausage making, you have to do it behind closed doors.

Negotiate with those who wish to talk - and take action against those who create mischief.

Generally, the president's power and capital is used to close a deal and not always to negotiate bit by bit.

It's the job of the president to negotiate, but it's the job of Congress to approve.

I'm always ready to negotiate in good faith with others.

One cannot negotiate under fire.

Russia is a European country, and so we'd better, if we want a powerful Europe, negotiate with Russia.

A no deal Brexit would be a complete failure by the government to negotiate for Britain.

I don't think you negotiate with people by going around telling them that they're like Nazi guards or it's all about prosecco.

I'm not big with negotiating.

Whether you agree with me or disagree with me; like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British nation.

We should have imposed new sanctions in 2013 and maintained the strength of our negotiating position, which is what brought Iran to the table in the first place.

The precondition to negotiating NAFTA is that we can't go back to the past.

When I was negotiating with our foreign allies, I knew I had to do so in good faith, or trust would be broken - and those allies wouldn't be there when we really needed them.

It was sanctions that drove Iran to the negotiating table in the first place.

Negotiating with Iran and believing they will keep their word is naive at best.

Any negotiation involves compromise and no one will get everything they want.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.

The most dangerous negotiation is the one you don't know you're in.

What is negotiation but the accumulation of small lies leading to advantage?