Quotes About Diplomacy

Our security depends on having good relationships with our allies. Donald Trump mainly shows contempt for them.

Deliberation is a good thing when it comes to fighting wars.

Vladimir Putin hates America, he wants to hurt us. Suddenly Vladimir Putin is a good guy, Russia is okay, no it's not. Russia is evil, Russia is our enemy.

No matter the good news anywhere else, these nuke-hungry rogue states will provide grounds for bad-mouthing Bush foreign policy.

I think that - that the disruptive nature, the tough talk on North Korea, the military deployments, sending the missile defense system to South Korea, I think these are all good things to have done.

American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery. Simply put, the administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign policy.

All we need is good will, and we have to start working in a way that considers each other's interests [with U.S]. In my view, this is a mandatory condition.

I don't know how a lot of these nations existed as long as they have till we could get some of our people around and show 'em how to be good and pure like us.

Foreign policy should not be justified through making oneself feel good, but through results that have tangible consequences.

The greatest threat to the security of the people of North Korea comes from the government of North Korea.

What can a mere French minister do when associated with Lloyd George, who thinks he is Napoleon, and Woodrow Wilson, who thinks he is Jesus Christ?

The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.

I consider the Chinese government's policy among the most intelligent in the world.

The first step is that the Cambodian government has expressed sincerity to apologize for what happened.

A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity.

The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government.

Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the Netanyahu government than our Muslim friends are for those of various self-styled Islamic states or organisations.

Any nations right to a form of government and economic system of its own choosing is inalienable. Any nations attempt to dictate to other nations their form of government is indefensible.

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.

It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance.

I am a partisan and artisan of Europe. But I draw the lessons of my experience in government.

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.

The United Nations is an organizational body where people, through their Governments, come together; and it can be the only place where there can be a melting pot.

Peace with all the world is my sincere wish. I am sure it is our true policy, and am persuaded it is the ardent desire of the government.