Quotes About Diplomacy

The decision to attack Iraq in March 2003 was discretionary; it was a war of choice.

You have to be very careful when you speak French around Kris Marshall.

Christopher discovered that you dealt with obnoxious masters and most older boys the way you dealt with governesses: you quite politely told them the truth in the way they wanted to hear it, so that they thought they had won and left you in peace.

He lied about that. He didn't want to annoy you. He's a slitherer-outer, if you know what I mean, Your Majesty.

It was a very powerful politeness.

He once reduced the President of the United States—then a ceremonial post, but one much loved by people who lived within the old borders—to tears of laughter at a state dinner, by delivering a learned dissertation on computer data storage technology in a flawless Texan accent. The lady was later heard to propose an amendment to the Constitution to allow off-worlders to hold high public office, so that she could have him for her running mate in the next election. It

I'm sorry for when you asked me about Soviet foreign policy I said , Who gives a $@!&?

The United States has destabilized the peace of the whole world.

We are no longer a leader. Putin has become the leader, and it's an embarassment to our country.

Our Journey Together' features unforgettable moments from our time in Washington: building the Southern Border Wall; cutting America's taxes; confirming almost 300 federal judges and 3 Supreme Court justices; rebuilding our military; creating Space Force; dealing with Kim Jong-Un, President Xi, President Putin, and many other world leaders; and battling liberals on two Impeachment Witch Hunts, just to name a few.

You heard me, I would take the oil.

They think that successful diplomacy requires years of experience and an understanding of all the nuances that have to be carefully considered before reaching a conclusion. Only then do these pinstriped bureaucrats consider taking action.

means seeing both sides of the story and working towards a mutually beneficial situation for everyone.

It has been always a rule with me to go straight at everything. I think the best diplomacy is directness, and that the truest caution lies in courage.

Argument need not be heated; it can be punctuated with courteous smiles - or sympathetic tears.

Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations.

A policy that can be accurately, though perhaps not prudently, defined as one of "peaceful coexistence."

No alliance can long survive if each member bases its policies on the assumption that its partners will honor their commitments only so long as they find it easy and convenient to do so.

Never trust the French.

They hardly noticed when a former president received $500,000 for a 2010 speech at the Renaissance Capital Bank in Moscow when his wife was serving as secretary of state.

In 1251, the King of Norway gave Henry III a polar bear as a present.

were not too important, mostly minor attachés of one kind or another; the big fish were either in Brussels already or on the way

It's easy to rattle the saber if the enemy's five thousand or more kilometers distant.

If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq.