Quotes About Diplomacy

To the extent that anyone has leverage over North Korea, it's China.

North Korea is not an insane nation. It is not a crazy nation.

The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I don't see why they can't engage with Iran.

North Korea is like China was 30-plus years ago. Through our contact, we are certain they will become more open and more liberated.

Counterterrorism, counterproliferation, and counterintelligence are staples. The four countries of highest interest - Russia, China, Iran and North Korea - are constants.

China is the one, the only one, that can control Kim Jong Un, this crazy, fat kid that's running North Korea.

We must engage with China to try and put as much pressure on North Korea as possible.

Japan is prepared to break the shell of mutual distrust with North Korea and get off to a new start.

We're going to push hard against China because 90 percent of the trade that happens with North Korea is from China, and so, while they have been helpful, they need to do more.

The key is we have to keep those communications together, and we all agree on one goal - a denuclearized North Korea.

How can we pressure China on North Korea if China's one of the two largest holders of American debt?

China can be a guarantor to North Korea that if they give up their nuclear capacity, the United States will not be in a position to harm them. And for the United States, China can also be a guarantor that if there is an agreement, that the agreement is effectively implemented by the North Koreans.

If North Korea chooses the right path, the country can draw a bright future for itself.

The Age of Northeast Asia is fast approaching.

World leaders need to approach the problems in the Middle East and northern Africa with imaginative ideas such as those that created the E.U.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

I have often heard it said that the United States is isolated and is not interested in European affairs. I assure you that this is not the case.

I'm not interested in more political or cultural combat.

I think the notion of getting the North Koreans to denuclearize is probably a lost cause.

Nowadays, however strong an economy is, not all roads will lead only there. There will be other links between countries in Asia, with America, with Europe, and China will fit into this global network.

Nowhere in the world has the use of force alone resolved a conflict.

Barack Obama has injected fresh momentum into efforts - stalled for a decade - to bring about nuclear disarmament.

We inadvertently bombed the Chinese Embassy. But Clinton now is working very hard. He has sent a letter of apology to the Chinese. And, he's also given them a gift certificate for future nuclear secrets.

China's ability to deliver nuclear warheads on American cities is expanding.