Quotes About Diplomacy

There is no real love in politics since you have to marry the daughter of your closest enemy to keep the peace for a while.

We must accept it when someone else wins and try to encourage them to hold that office in peace.

We ought to practice democracy in the correct manner, but not to impose it to those who are still adapting to the correct leadership within their states.

There is a lot of promise in the word compromise.

The idea of Jewish settlements under Palestinian sovereignty, as was suggested by someone in the Prime Minister's office, is very dangerous and reflects an irrationality of values.

There won't be a Palestinian state within Israel

We will never agree to give up Jerusalem, a united city under Israeli sovereignty, and only Israeli. We will not accept a terrorist Palestinian state, we will not accept an agreement based on the 67 lines.

The peacemaker must have the strongest heart and the toughest will in the room.

Nixon to Clinton: "When seeking advice from people who are more experienced than you, tell them what you plan to do first, and then ask for their reaction. Don't ask for their advice, and then ignore it. That way you save on bruised feelings.

Oh, I would just love to talk to you sometime, maybe we could have lunch,' she recalled. But Graham politely declined, explaining to the governor's wife that he did not dine alone with women - be they single or married. 'Oh, well, I'm sorry,' Hillary said. 'Maybe we could have a lot of people there.' Graham replied that he would think about it. ... And so five people sat down at a found table in Little Rock's ornate Capital Hotel that fall.

Kennedy may not have cared what Ike had to say. But he knew he at least had to appear to. If nothing else, the image of the two of them consulting would go a long way to reassuring people that the young president was getting the advice he needed.

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Forging peace between people always outweighed the truth.

For the maintenance of peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks which forerun cannon-shots.

Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.

It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.

Perfidious Albion.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

On the other hand, if the free world is concerned with how a new Palestinian leader governs, then the peace process will have a real chance to succeed.

To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.

The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy.

By focusing once and for all on helping the Palestinians build a free society, I have no doubt that an historic compromise between Israelis and Palestinians can be reached and that peace can prevail.