Quotes About Diplomacy

We also can't try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That's not leadership; that's a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It's the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq - and we should have learned it by now.

I'm plain incapable of getting angry with Angela Merkel and likewise.

I've lived and worked in Brussels and New York at the U.N. and worked all over the world. I would jump on a plane and be in Kabul one week and then Dafur the next.

Actually, Brexit is an incredibly important issue, but it's not the only issue. And to be a credible party of Government you need to have plans for everything, not just for the delivery of Brexit.

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?

China will continue to play its part as a major and responsible country.

India has never played politics with national security.

Look, not everybody plays well with each other on the playground. I get that, that's politics.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.

When I was dealing with a lot of Iraqis, lies were constant; people constantly lied to you. It's a part of their culture. They wanted to please you so much, they were willing to lie to you to please you.

I try to please everyone.

In general, states do not count on pledges of 'no more war' from their neighbors. Israel's army never counted on it from Egypt, for example.

People in the Middle East, people everywhere, want peace. But unfortunately too many fail to recognize that that lasting peace can only be found with pluralistic, secular government.

You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.

I don't understand why any country is given a chance to make its point of view seen and heard by the world, and Russia is not given that chance.

I am good at persuading people. In convincing the other, I try to start from their point of view so it's easier for me to find a common denominator.

That's really my goal, is just to be a kind person who knows how to speak their mind and get their points across.

Israel's foreign policy has three points: the relationship with the U.S., the relationship with the U.S., and the relationship with the U.S.

Europe should speak more effectively and clearly with one voice in the world.

I'm not clever enough to be in machinations and real politics.

On climate change, Russia's interests are aligned with the West rather than the South.

There was a close relationship between Mandela and the CBC.