Quotes About Diplomacy

Abraham was far from just a wandering Hebrew, as often popularly believed, but was rather a ranking Sumerian from Ur. "Coming to Egypt, Abraham and Sarah were taken to the Pharaoh's court; in Canaan, Abraham made treaties with the local rulers," he noted. "This is not the image of a nomad pillaging others' settlements; it is the image of a personage of high standing skilled in negotiation and diplomacy.

This is in fact the kind of story we expect to hear about our elected officials. We not only expect them to use other nations as changeable scrims in the theater of domestic politics but encourage them to do so.

Humor, humility, and, of course, honesty, all are qualities that work in public and cultural diplomacy.

For the sake of future generations, we must continue to work together to realise a world without nuclear weapons.

There's a difference between being mean & being blunt n straight forward.

The greater conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.

The words you utter should always be cautious and respectful.

Know when to speak your mind and when to let others put their foot in their mouth.

Crying is never an effective means of negotiation.

My advice to any diplomat who wants to have a good press is to have two or three kids and a dog.

If you cannot manage conflict, dont create conflict.

There is that old joke. Why is there never a coup in the United States? Because there is no US embassy there.

The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war

Don't quarrel with a person whose voice is louder than yours.

He says it while Churchill is rejoicing war will not come

May peace rule the universe; may peace rule in kingdoms and empires; may peace rule in states and in the lands of the potentates; may peace rule in the house of friends and may peace also rule in the house of enemies.

We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods.

Russia's big owo

You don't need an iron fist if you aren't a pacifist.

In 1885 a U.S. citizen, Andrew D. White, returned from a tour of duty as attaché in the American Embassy at St. Petersburg and described the Russian situation as follows: "The whole governmental system is the most atrociously barbarous in the world. There is on earth no parallel example of a polite society so degraded, a people so crushed, an official system so unscrupulous.

The cause of war is preparation for war.

I think if Rusian and U.S. presidents meet each other, if they exchange views, then there will be a chance for our volatile relations to get better.

To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.

The president assured the chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor.