Quotes About Diplomacy

I am not anti-American. But I am strongly pro-Canadian.

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.

Politics is the polite way of telling somone else they're stupid.

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.

The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?

The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.

Politics is the art of anesthesia.

Politics is more difficult than physics.

Diplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score

I went to the UN and even the guidebook was spineless.

In politics, nothing is contemptible.

Politics needs a flexible mind, for it has no immutable or eternal rules. In politics immutable or eternal rules lead to inevitable and swift defeat.

Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.

Politics is a game requiring great coolness.

It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.

The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations–great or small–to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century.

Power politics is the diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.

A politician is not as narrow-minded as he forces himself to be.

Whenever we defend democracy we find oil.

Global politics remains extremely complex and countries have different interests, which will also lead them to make what might seem as rather bizarre friends and allies.

Through talk, we tamed kings, restrained tyrants, averted revolution

There is no such thing as gratitude in international politics.

Never lose your temper with the Press or the public is a major rule of political life.