Quotes About Diplomacy

I would have promised those terrorists a trip to Disneyland if it would have gotten the hostages released. I thank God they were satisfied with the missiles and we didn't have to go to that extreme.

By the grace of God, we won the Cold War.

God has given us speech in order that we may say pleasant things to our friends, and tell bitter truths to our enemies.

Thank God for the Saudis and Prince Bandar, and for our Qatari friends.

Thank God I've always avoided persecuting my enemies.

I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy.

We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States.

Between Russia and the United States sentiments of good will continue to be mutually cherished.

I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.

If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.

Tact is good taste in action.

If America puts the enmity aside, if it initiates good will, and if it compensates for the past, the future situation between the United States and Iran will change.

There' s nothing good in war. Except its ending.

The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.

In the field of world policy; I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor.

There are no innocents in Gaza, don't let any diplomats who want to look good in the world endanger your lives - mow them down!

There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace.

A state may launch a pre-emptive strike if it has very good reason for thinking that another state is preparing for war.

If you start getting instability in large powers with nuclear weapons, that's not a good day.

I think there are a number of little Ribbentrops running around. But Molotov hasn't found a good enough deal yet.

good manners are an admission that everybody is so tender that they have to be handle with gloves.

I don't know that I'm gonna get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope I do. But there's a good chance I won't. And if I don't, do you honestly believe that Hillary would be tougher on Putin than me?