Quotes About Diplomacy

The Art of War did not provide a single route to victory and recognized that while battles were best avoided they sometimes had to be fought.

Maquiavelo—, representados en la fuerza y la astucia.

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Clausewitz aceptaba que los objetivos militares deberían ser fijados por los políticos.

the art of creating power

qué general había enviado jamás por delante a una banda de música con órdenes de notificar al enemigo que cierto día iba a comenzar el ataque».

La perfección de la estrategia sería, por tanto, generar una solución al conflicto sin una verdadera lucha».

La maniobra que trae a un aliado al campo de batalla es tan útil como la que permite ganar una gran batalla. La maniobra que consigue obtener un importante punto estratégico puede ser menos valiosa que aquella que apacigua o desactiva a un tercero peligroso y aparentemente neutral. Winston Churchill, La crisis mundial

John Stuart Mill in 1848: "It is commerce which is rapidly rendering war obsolete, by strengthening and multiplying the personal interests which act in natural opposition to it.

As we shall see, combining with others often constitutes the most astute strategic move; for the same reason, preventing opponents from doing the same can be as valuable.

It is the art of creating power.

I mean, you can't be less ruthless than the opposition simply because your government's policy is benevolent, can you now?

On one hand we go like hell for every terror cell we can find, we penetrate it, we destroy it. On the other hand, there is a much bigger need for a political solution.

Those who are not with Mr. Bush are against him. Worse, they are with the enemy. Which is odd, because I'm dead against Bush, but I would love to see Saddam's downfall -- just not on Bush's terms and not by his methods. And not under the banner of such outrageous hypocrisy.

You can never have international peace as long as you have national poverty.

Diggs lubricated her skepticism with diplomacy.

If people had gavels, there would be no wars. If every person in the world had a gavel and could bang it and get everyone's attention right away and make their displeasure known, I believe the level of actual violence in the world would just disappear to practically nothing.

Get the United States to start a war so they won't intrude in yours.

During a Middle East peace talk you insulted the Iraqi ambassador." "He was a pervert who liked little girls.

President George W. Bush is the first American president to call openly for two-states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.

I will speak to them,' he said 'with a straight tongue.

He remembered the PM saying that every Russian is at heart a chess-player, and every American at heart a public-relations man. Well, Bret Rensselaer's zeal did nothing to disprove that one. The sheer audacity of the scheme plus Bret's enthusiasm was enough to persuade him that it was worth a try. Bret nodded to acknowledge the compliment.

We stand for an alliance with all countries without exception.

China is now expected to surpass Japan as the 2nd richest country in the world. They could become the richest, but that's only if we pay them the money we owe them, and that's not going to happen.