Quotes About Diplomacy

In War: Resolution In Defeat: Defiance In Victory: Magnanimity In Peace: Good Will

Everybody has always underrated the Russians. They keep their own secrets alike from foe and friends.

The tail of China is large and will not be wagged.

depended. On this point we should never have given way, but the refusal would have been bitterly resented by our struggling Ally, and would have poisoned all our relations. It was even with an actual sense of relief that some of our high commanders addressed themselves to our new and grimly simplified problem. As

The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet.

For that very reason I deem it of the highest importance that a firm and blunt stand should be made at this juncture by our two countries in order that the air may be cleared and they realise that there is a point beyond which we will not tolerate insult. I believe this is the best chance of saving the future. If they are ever convinced that we are afraid of them and can be bullied into submission, then indeed I should despair of our future relations with them and much else.

more than is wise or philosophic; but I contain myself, when nothing is to be gained by giving way.

There are two supreme obligations which rest upon a British government. They are of equal importance. One is to strive to prevent a war, and the other is to be ready if war should come.

In working with Allies it sometimes happens that they develop opinions of their own.

The Soviet machine is quite convinced it can get everything by bullying, and I am sure it is a matter of some importance to show that this is not necessarily always true.

No people respond more spontaneously to fair play. If you treat Americans well they always want to treat you better. 1943, 29 MAY

But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite. ***

A war postponed may be a war prevented. The combinations of States vary as years pass. The Ententes or Alliances of one decade may have lost their savour in the next. Time and peace solve many problems, and men's thoughts move on to new spheres.

No people respond more spontaneously to fair play. If you treat Americans well they always want to treat you better.

It's about Russia.

A good zoo is a place of carefully worked-out coincidence: exactly where an animal says to us, Stay out!...we say to it, Stay in! with our barriers. Under such conditions of diplomatic peace, all animals are content and we can relax and have a look at each other.

Apart from trade, the main form of interaction between nations is war.

Our swords shall play the orators for us.

Hackworth focused on what had long been the most active aspect of international law, the impact of war on commercial relations.

The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security.

Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power.

China threatened to nuke Los Angeles a few years ago and again recently, but neither of these threats was widely reported in the domestic US press.)

Violence is my last option.

I've found it wise to enjoy any time of truce, while recognizing it for what it is. A truce.