Quotes About Diplomacy

Diplomacy is living in state.

At bottom, every state regards another as a gang of robbers who will fall upon it as soon as there is an opportunity.

But one immediate thing can be done right now, and that is: lower the temperature. Any way you can, and everybody. Just lower it.

You cannot mix sports with politics.

In politics you learn to always smile.

Tikka Khan won't try to stick his nose in politics.

Quite obviously power will continue to play a central role in global politics as it always does. But usually there is something else.

Politics has rough manners, but it is a very useful thing.

Be a politician; no training necessary.

It is not polite for a Russian to interfere in British politics.

War is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors d'oeuvres.

Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!

The Pope doesn't get mixed up in Italian politics.

The most basic decision a modern politician must make is whether to be aggressive or conciliatory.

Benjamin Netanyahu, understands that the standing ovation he got in Congress this year was not for his politics. That ovation was bought and paid for by the Israel lobby.

When you're in politics sometimes you step on toes and they come back and kick you in the backside.

Diplomacy has more to do with (credible) threats than with sweet reason. And threats from America are a lot more credible, nowadays.

Some of the most memorable moments I've had is to have my family along - who are our greatest ambassadors for peace. Politics will never bring peace, but people will.

Military missions cannot be a normal tool of politics, but instead must remain the great exception.

I know too much about British politics to comment on British politics.

The foreign policy of this government is driven by politics - to extend a revolution worldwide. My objective with regards to foreign relations is to benefit all Venezuelans.

When it comes to foreign policy, it is important to remember that politics stops at the water's edge.

Good policy makes good politics and what I've done has been good politics.

To be a statesman, you must first get elected.