Quotes About Diplomacy

Even for defeating extremists, you need more than a military strategy.

Obama sought a strategy of accommodating our enemies, even if they weren't so willing to accommodate us.

The U.S. cannot implement a cogent strategy on the world stage if no one is sure whether to take the President seriously.

Winston Churchill famously said that meeting jaw-to-jaw is better than war. With Trump, the strategy seems to be jobs jobs jobs - at home and abroad.

If Nord Stream was built in Europe, I see no reason why South Stream cannot be built as well.

One of my goals upon becoming Secretary of State was to take diplomacy out of capitals, out of government offices, into the media, into the streets of countries.

Vladimir Putin is only going to respond to action, strength, and resolve. He's not going to respond to words.

Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.

Most people give Kennedy a passing grade, a good grade on the Cuban Missile Crisis handling, but what they don't realize, if he had had strength, if he had showed strength before, there would never have been a Cuban Missile Crisis.

It is not a dream that someday, nations will be able to settle their difficulties without war, just as individuals now settle their personal feuds without resorting to arguments of physical strength or sharp steel. For, then, humanity will have created international jurisdiction and a power to enforce its laws.

I will strengthen the South Korea-U.S. alliance.

A high standard of living cannot remain the exclusive possession of the West - and the sooner we can help other peoples to develop their resources, raise their living standards, and strengthen their national independence, the safer the world will be for us all.

Everything that can strengthen Abu Mazen is favourable.

By coordinating with international partners on scientific issues, we strengthen the U.S. scientific enterprise and promote the free exchange of ideas in other nations.

As Foreign Minister, I worked to strengthen the cooperation with Israel, and now, as Chancellor, I have more opportunities do this.

It's an honor to be presented with an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of my mentor, Mike Mansfield, who worked to strengthen and improve America's important relationships throughout Asia.

Austria can only be strong if we are not just members of the European Union but also actively help to strengthen the European Union.

Peace between leaders and peace on the ground will strengthen the interests of all.

Ever since the end of the Cold War, it has been our paramount interest in Europe to strengthen NATO and to extend it - an effort I was part of when I served in the State Department and the NSC in two administrations.

Israel is our greatest ally in the Middle East. And it's a relationship we should be strengthening, not weakening.

Politics is a literal game. Every word must represent a strict view - or be so abstract as to be meaningless.

In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.

This is strictly personal opinion, not company policy, but I do think that we could do with having a USIA on steroids.

I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.