Quotes About Diplomacy

On this question of war, three things are to be considered. First, the rights of declaring it: secondly, the expense of supporting it: thirdly, the mode of conducting it after it is declared.

That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of Nations, is as shocking as it is true; but when those who are concerned in the government of a country, make it their study to sow discord and cultivate prejudices between Nations, it becomes the more unpardonable.

If nobody will be so kind as to become my foe, I shall need no more fleets nor armies, and shall be forced to reduce my taxes.

peace WITH trade, is preferable to war WITHOUT it.

That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of nations, is as shocking as it is true; but when those who are concerned in the government of a country, make it their study to sow discord and cultivate prejudices between nations, it becomes the more unpardonable. With

had gone to Europe and always told people they were Canadian to avoid political hatred. Everybody liked Canadians.

A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other.

Harvard has de facto become a Chinese outpost.

You know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.

Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.

It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.

Just as China needs to learn more about the world, so does the world need to learn more about China. I hope you will continue your efforts to deepen mutual understanding between China and the world.

There's a point in conflict resolution when the next person who talks loses. You're ready to play with the big boys when you can recognize that moment.

You spent a lot of political currency.' 'As Lyndon Johnson said, what good is political currency if you can't spend it?

My government is in no sense anti-Russian.

It makes no sense to introduce an agreement with border restrictions or tariffs.

I'll put everything I have in my capacity at the service of the noble cause and noble values of the U.N. and the U.N. Charter.

None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.

People who run environmental groups and things like that, who have to listen to all kinds of nonsense and keep their tempers, are very diplomatic and very inclusive.

Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

When the world normalizes, everything is going to be fine with RT. When the U.S. and Russia get along again - and I don't see any deep reasons why we shouldn't get along... we are going to work normally like a normal news organization.

I have nothing personal against Gambhir. In fact, I have some good friends in the Indian team, and I get along with them well off the field. Even if I meet Gambhir somewhere, I will greet him normally, as I have nothing in my heart against him.

There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently.

I think the issue of North Korea is one where the international community as a whole has to work to resolve the crisis.