Quotes About Diplomacy

The Iranians and Persians are excellent at the art of negotiation.

We recognize that NAFTA is a three-country agreement, and we need a three-country negotiation.

Any negotiation on the basis of land for peace is a fatal mistake.

The real duties of an ambassador are to enter into or follow negotiations between his own government and that of the country to which he is accredited.

Put an end to talk on dividing Jerusalem. There can be no negotiations about Jerusalem.

I have this fantasy that in future negotiations over climate change - instead of going into that room and saying, 'I'm defending Chinese interests,' or 'I'm defending Australian interests' - there will also be an identity inside of each of the negotiators thinking, 'I'm also defending human interests.'

The ones who were negotiating are now on the front line of this intifada, because they found that the negotiations didn't give them the minimum of their rights.

You can't end negotiations unless you begin them. And you can't begin them if you continually negotiate about the terms to begin negotiations.

From the end of 2006 until the end of 2008 I think I met with Abu Mazen more often than any Israeli leader has ever met any Arab leader. I met him more than 35 times. They were intense, serious negotiations.

The negotiations on the future of the U.K. and the E.U. must be led... in the interest of our citizens.

Trade deal negotiations are highly complicated and take a long time.

Israel is an ally of the United States, and I think as much as you would look to your neighbor to your friends to live out the same values as you are, we want to make sure that our allies are living out the same values that we push for here.

With respect to Euro-Atlantic integration, we have to realize that we need to normalize the relationships with our neighbors, and especially with Russia.

For any country - and that includes Mexico and the U.S. - having good, robust relationships with crucial allies and neighbors, that's putting your country first.

There are some issues where we have common interests with Germany, there are some others that we don't... The diplomacy between good neighbors doesn't mean nodding one to another.

I love Canada. Canada is a great neighbour. Canada has been a great friend and neighbor for many, many years.

You can change friends but not neighbours.

A nation that mistreats its own citizens is more likely to mistreat its neighbours.

We were often rowdy tenants inside the European house. We can now become good neighbours.

It's not enough to speak loudly and confidently. You have to know how to get the world on your side, to accept Israel's ideas of security and defending its interests. Netanyahu does not know how to do this.

My associates and I always allied with Netanyahu in complicated political maneuvers.

Benjamin Netanyahu seems to avoid any initiative.

Netanyahu must mend fences with Obama.

We need to build on our diplomatic networks, and the unrivalled expertise of our Foreign Office, to project a positive image for Britain as a force for good in the world.