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Quotes About Diplomacy

China, in the future, is going to have even more nuclear capability than it has had in the past. I don't believe that they have anything to fear from the United States, and I frankly don't believe they do fear the United States.
~ Paul Wolfowitz
Israel has a sizeable nuclear arsenal and could retaliate if it were attacked.
~ Stephen M. Walt
If there were Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, it makes it certain there would be a reprisal attack against the United States at some point.
~ Salman Rushdie
It's Russia some people would like to get rid of. They are still afraid of our nuclear deterrent. We have our own foreign policy whether they like it or not.
~ Vladimir Putin
If a country is suspected of going nuclear, you need to understand why. Why does it feel insecure?
~ Mohamed ElBaradei
We are convinced that the only way to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue is through negotiations.
~ Sergei Lavrov
America has the largest nuclear capability in the world. All this power neither prevented 9/11 nor helped to avenge it. How could it? Who would America have attacked?
~ John Niven
I'm in favor of dealing with Iran and dealing with the nuclear issue, but I'm not in favor of a bad deal.
~ James Lankford
No Israeli leader will accept a nuclear Iran.
~ Isaac Herzog
The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran.
~ Tzipi Livni
I do not believe the efforts of the international community to stop Iran's nuclear program will bear fruit.
~ Ehud Barak
The nuclear deal with Iran is fundamentally flawed.
~ Tom Cotton
I agree that a nuclear Iran is extremely dangerous, and I believe that it must be prevented.
~ Isaac Herzog
I thought I was going to grow up and become a diplomat and negotiate nuclear arms.
~ Timothy D. Snyder
I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.
~ Manmohan Singh
We have every interest in seeing that the military use of nuclear power will be contained.
~ Joschka Fischer
We are categorically against any new military nuclear power, be it Iran, be it North Korea, be it anyone.
~ Sergei Lavrov
Once Iraq becomes a nuclear power, the very decision to go to war against it would become a totally different ball game.
~ Ehud Barak
I'm not saying anyone should go to nuclear war with Russia. What we should do is contain them and show them that there are consequences if they do terrible things, which is what sanctions are all about.
~ Bill Browder
I'm committed as governor to valuing and nurturing our relationships with our friends to the south.
~ Doug Ducey
For a sitting U.S. president to see our allies as freeloaders is nuts.
~ Jim Mattis
Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly and I hope that it doesn't - but it's not an ideal position after one's first year in power.
~ Walter Russell Mead
There are many Israelis who are not keen on Barack Obama - they did not want to see him elected.
~ Richard Engel
If the Obama administration is this afraid of Glenn Beck, how do they deal with the Iranians?
~ Newt Gingrich