Quotes About Diplomacy

We should treat other countries the way we want to be treated.

We must make it clear that we won't interfere in other countries' elections and work to make that the clear international norm.

One knows, of course, that Donald Trump behaves differently from the leaders of other countries, especially the leaders of other Western democracies.

The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.

I was a case officer, otherwise known as an operations officer. My role was to go out and convince Al Qaeda operatives to instead work with us as well as to convince people and officials in foreign governments to work on behalf of the U.S. government secretly.

Look, there ought to be politics in politics.

They want the Olympics. We ought to make sure they don't get the Olympics.

And when it is done, we ought to follow the example by disarming ourselves.

If we can ascertain and show to our people that the West is ready to deal with Iran on the basis of mutual respect and mutual interests and equal footing, then it will have an impact on almost every aspect of Iran's foreign policy behavior - and some aspects of Iran's domestic policy.

I think more and more, in places like Benghazi, in places like Iran, we have to be asking the question, can we trust the local government to protect our people?

Peace and security of our planet must be based on the collective action of all nations, not a few, however powerful they may be.

It is essential for Israel's safety and ours that we do everything we can to support our staunchest ally at all times.

Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.

Often, just explicitly acknowledging how the other side must see things can help them open up to see your side and can help both parties achieve a fair and constructive outcome.

David Cameron wants people to believe that his isolation in Europe is a result of Britain being outnumbered when it matters most.

Americans might not want to intervene in the outside world, but the outside world will still want to intervene in America.

If I hadn't been so outspoken, Jimmy Carter wouldn't have wanted me.

There is nowhere I encounter greater understanding for Israel's existential issues than in the Oval Office.

For Italy, sanctions are never an end; they are an instrument that must be overcome as soon as possible.

My parents were U.S. Foreign Service, so I spent a lot of time you know, overseas in various countries around the world, you know, I was an American Embassy brat and today, as a professional musician, I travel all over this country and around the world.

The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited.

Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.

Nazism and use the alliance among Fascists to steer the Nazis away from the racial policies.

Many years afterward, Lloyd George described the Balfour Declaration as a prize awarded by a generous and benevolent ruler to his court Jew.