Quotes About Diplomacy

A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.

We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway.

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.

Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way.

In politics the middle way is none at all.

Putin has the ability to advance his interests in many different ways. Sometimes tactical diplomacy can help.

Everybody knows what I represent. My message is that Israel wants peace, and I am going to do everything possible to find ways to get this peace, this objective of all our people. All of us want peace. The differences are about the conditions of this peace.

We deal, unfortunately, every single day with leaders of countries who are responsible for actions we find either objectionable or abhorrent, whether it's Vladimir Putin, whether it's Xi Jinping, whether it's any others on a long list of people I can name. But we find ways to deal with them.

I'm a pacifist. I believe there are ways to solve the world's problems. Instead of putting all this money to create arms, I think countries should invest in scholarships for kids to study abroad. Perhaps they could become good and knowledgeable professors in their own countries. You need time for that kind of change, though.

We cannot turn our backs on Europe. We are part of Europe.

Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes.

We cannot allow situations where leaders threaten war on television or on Twitter.

The argument for getting our own house in order is not an argument for turning our back on the world. We cannot and should not do that.

The United States will rightfully go on deploring human rights excesses in the Soviet Union. And it is hardly likely Americans will one day espouse the communist ideology. But nowhere does it say we cannot live in peace with the U.S.S.R. In the nuclear age, there is truly no alternative.

We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.

There is no doubt that America is a superpower of the world and we cannot ignore them.

Israel's relations with the United States are a cornerstone, and without them, we cannot make our way in the current global climate.

In seeking to counter challenges such as terrorist threats, hostile state activity, or nuclear proliferation, we cannot work in isolation.

It is in the U.S. interest to have a more prosperous neighbor to the south. Because if we cannot export goods, we will keep exporting people. And that's not what the U.S. wants.

We cannot solve the problem of terrorism by asserting our will on the world.

When the government is handed over to the Iraqi Council on 30 June, many have declared, oh, the Americans must never leave because civil unrest may erupt. Well, I agree, we cannot abruptly depart, but Iraq needs to step up to the plate on 30 June.

We cannot have four more years apologizing to our enemies and abandoning our friends.

We think that without cooperation with the Russians, we cannot achieve our goals.