Quotes About Diplomacy

What cannot be won by force of arms can often be achieved through cunning, deceit, or by a concealed blade slipped into an enemy's back. —Nicolai

I suggest that it never helps anyone to tell a mother that her baby is ugly.

The message I take all round the world is Britain is open for business.

It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time.

Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents.

There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary.

We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the United Nations to see if we can persuade the Syrian authorities to go, as I say, more in that direction of respect for democracy and human rights.

You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.

Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.

In short, the Romans conquered most of their known world as much with the deeply institutionalized pen as with the sword, shield, and catapult.

Old men are perhaps the most polished diplomats but youth changes the world.

The only outside power capable of persuading Israel to modify its policies and enter into negotiations was the United States. However, the United States would not exercise its influence in this matter until the PLO recognized the state of Israel, something it had steadfastly refused to do.

He was, after all, a diplomat, and understood that the best and firmest deals are based on open self-interest.

One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.

In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.

Benghazi was just one of at least 157 attacks on our diplomatic facilities over a 15-year period, 9 of which resulted in U.S. fatalities.

no one has ever gone to war over music.

Yes, America must do the right thing, but to provide moral leadership, America must do it in the right way, too.

The best way to avoid these tactics from being used by you or against you is by befriending the other party before the negotiations start. Good relationships and rapport in a neutral environment may prove productive later at the negotiating table. Overall,

I have always found the word 'Europe' in the mouths of those politicians who wanted from other powers something they did not dare to demand in their own name. Otto von Bismarck We

Thanks to Blair's catastrophically invertebrate decision to agree to a cut in Britain's EU budget rebate, we now pay far too much into the EU compared to other countries. It's time for our politicians to start negotiating with the EU by showing a bit of backbone rather than already starting as hopeless losers.

When goods don't cross borders, armies will.

Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state.

Let me say with a Georgia accent that we cannot solve this problem if it requires a diplomatic passport to claim the rights of an American citizen.