Quotes About Diplomacy

In Venice, a long time ago, when we had our own calendar and stayed aloof from the world, we began the days at night. What use was the sun to us when our trade and our secrets and our diplomacy depended on darkness? In the dark you are in disguise and this is the city of disguises.

I began to feel like Sarpi, that Venetian priest and diplomat, who said he never told a lie but didn't tell the truth to everyone.

The United States played the role of encouraging both sides to come together to try to finally resolve this issue, and we were pleased to see leaders on both sides work courageously to get that done.

You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote.

[Rex Tillerson] is gonna continue to work on [sanctions lifting]. This is important for him. He was there [in White House] because he negotiated the deal for Exxon with [Vladimir] Putin.

I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history.

The United States stands willing to work with a transformed Palestinian Authority with new leaders coming to the front.

In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.

The essential task of Canadian statesmanship is to discover the terms on which as many as possible of the significant interest groups of our country can be induced to work together in common policy.

Diplomacy can be a frustrating thing. I think the strategy can work, so long as the force is robust and the rules of engagement are clear.

The UN doesn't work in a vacuum.

That's one of the good things about being from the political centre, you're willing to work with both side of politics.

We have seen enough of war to know that it doesn't work to resolve conflicts. It only exacerbates them. It is time we find other solutions and dedicate ourselves to life-not death.

I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had no intention of making a film.

I don't know all the facts on Iraq, but I think we should work closely with the Americans.

I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy.

I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop old habits.

What the Paris agreement now does is say to China and India and other countries that are potentially polluting, come on board. Let's work together so you guys do the same thing.

The idea of imposing peace from the outside doesn't work.

Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.

With political means and always trying to work for political settlements and this is what I'm going to continue to work on with all my heart.

We can rattle our sabers all we want but, realistically, we don't have troops for an invasion [Iran] and surgical strikes aren't going to work.

I can't really characterize any country, except to say that we work well with a number of our foreign counterparts.

With respect to Syria, we are going to continue to work as we have over the last five, six years to push towards a political transition and settlement.