Quotes About Diplomacy

In case Japan ventures to attack the Mongolian People's Republic, seeking to destroy its independence, we will have to assist the Mongolian People's Republic.

Show me a clever nation; then I will show you a clever government!

In some things, we Americans leave to other countries the carrying out of the principle that stands at the head of our Declaration of Independence.

I must have dialogue with the Chinese government, and dialogue requires compromise. Therefore, I'm speaking for genuine self-rule, not for independence.

Every country has its own diplomacy. Being part of Europe doesn't mean giving up one's independence or no longer being able to take the initiative.

Palestinians will never realize their independence by denying the right of Israel to exist.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.

Diplomacy: lying in state.

Good behavior wins even an enemy.

One thing I will say about the Germans, they are always perfectly willing to give somebody's land to somebody else

You can disagree without being disagreeable.

Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

If we [are to] reach a situation of true peace, real peace, peace for generations, we will have to make painful concessions. Not in exchange for promises, but rather in exchange for peace.

I never dreamed about one day becoming Secretary of State. It's not that I was modest; it's just that I had never seen a Secretary of State in a skirt.

Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go.

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

At one end of the national spectrum is white, shining peace—that city-on-a-hill concept. At the other end is black, raging, savage war at the foot of that hill. The space between is the gray zone where the haze of diplomacy and combat meet and bleed into one another. That's where the CIA works.

I respect the office of the president.

If you want peace, prepare for war.

No matter how exasperated the circumstances become, officers must bear in mind they are representatives of our government and must conduct themselves in a worthy manner. To become impatient, sarcastic, hostile or personal in remarks is an admission of weakness and defeat and, needless to say, should never occur." In

Opposing redeployment US and Dutch ambassadors were making more robust action impossible.