Quotes About Diplomacy

It would assume that bilateral problems could be worked out through goodwill, active diplomacy and transparency rather than suspicions and a search for "enemies.

To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience with it.

If Iraq's weapons are weapons of mass destruction, surely ours are weapons of growth and nurturing.

Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it.

collecting secrets was and is crucial to solving foreign policy puzzles.

Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense.

I am President of all the people, good, bad, or indifferent, and as long as my opinions are known, ought perhaps to keep myself out of their squabbles.

La cultura ayuda a un pueblo a luchar con las palabras antes que con las armas

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Do we not all do monstrous things to prevent the ultimate monstrous act? I like to visualize the world as a china plate held aloft by two sticks, one the US, the other the USSR. If one stick rises, so must the other, or else the plate goes smash.

a man who wishes to profess goodness at all times will come to ruin among so many who are not so good. Hence it is necessary for a prince who wishes to maintain his position to learn how not to be good, and to use this knowledge . . . according to necessity.'25

Its own position veers towards the pragmatic evolutionary principle of reciprocal altruism: adopt a friendly face to the world but do not allow yourself to be exploited.

The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe.

Disarmament requires trust.

For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the position left to him.

Our task over the next few generations is to transform the world of independent states in which we live into some sort of genuine international community. If we succeed in creating that community, however quarrelsome, discontented, and full of injustice it probably will be, then we shall effectively have abolished the ancient institution of warfare. Good riddance.

en ese espacio de las negociaciones confidenciales inconfesables, que son el corazón de la lealtad política.

The unrealistic beliefs of diplomats are what soldiers die of,

If we don't end war, war will end us.

Damn it, you've got to be kind. " If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

You can tell people the truth, "...but I guess it's better for people to shut up rather than say something nasty. The truth will just piss them off and get you in a lot of trouble.

A word of advice... Don't say things recklessly, when you sit with one who's hostile.

Sometimes you have to keep your thoughts to yourself, to keep from hurting others.

It is for Your Excellency to decide, should you agree with me in opinion, what is proper to be done. . . . I would recommend measures be taken for . . . the restoration of peace.