Quotes About Diplomacy

War doesn't need more participants. It needs fewer participants.

There are some common problems in the Balkans in the settlement of which Bulgaria should also participate.

Scientists under all forms of government must be able to participate fully in international efforts.

When women participate in peace-making and peace-keeping, we are all safer and more secure.

We need to get involved in things that are important to other countries, just as we expect them to participate in things that are important to us.

The United States particularly abandoned Liberia after the end of the Cold War.

But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do that.

As long as a member state is a member state, there are no negotiations bilaterally on any trade agreement with third parties.

Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

None of the parties want this conflict to go on.

I believe any time that both parties are talking, it's a good thing.

The job of a leader, the job of a governor, the job of a president, is to get the people in the room and bang enough heads together and rub enough arms and cajole enough to have them put the country and the state's greater interest ahead of their own personal partisan interest. That's what we did in New Jersey and that's the model for America.

Partisan politics is not my passion.

The cause of peace is too great for us to allow political disagreements or partisanship to stand in our way.

You should govern not by partisanship, but by leadership.

I don't want any country buying up Brazil, but we will do business with all countries, and China is an exceptional partner.

A president from a partner nation should not make comments on Italian politics.

Our message to China is very clear: we want the U.K. to be China's best partner in the West.

Where opportunities to expand trade and commerce exist, we will lead, and we will partner.

Fundamentally, we have to recognize that Iran is not a partner.

The Kurdish people are a partner for the Israeli people.

I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners.

The simple fact is that when our foreign partners are more secure, so are we.

Russia and China are very natural partners. We are neighbors with an immense common border.