Quotes About Diplomacy

If we can have a good relationship with Russia and if Russia would help us get rid of ISIS, frankly, as far as I'm concerned, that would be a positive thing, not a negative thing.

If we could get along with Russia, that's a positive thing. We have a very talented man, Rex Tillerson, who is going to be meeting with them shortly.

Probably not a surprise that, among the people of Mexico, just 4 percent say that they have a positive opinion of [Donald] Trump. Seventy-five percent say they have a negative opinion.

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You need a team for war, not for negotiation.

You need not to love everyone, but you need to be polite with everyone, people will appreciate your politeness more than your love, because politeness is sweeter than love.

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.

You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.

We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will.

Power is not merely shouting aloud. Power is to act positively with all the components of power.

I believe that for peace a man may, even should, do everything in his power. Nothing in this world could rank higher than peace.

The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.

Referring to Palestinian refugees: "We must do everything in our power to ensure that they never return.

In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.

I will do everything in my power to prevent a Palestinian state

As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act.

Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power.

American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles.

The balance of power is the scale of peace.

The U.S. should come out openly and say to the world, "We are the only imperial power, and we're going to rule you, and if you don't like it you can lump it."

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility.

The US must carry out some act somewhere in the world which shows its determination to continue to be a world power.

International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents.