Quotes About Diplomacy

The use of military force against Iran would be very dangerous. It would be very provocative. The only thing worse would be Iran being a nuclear power.

It is an ambassador's duty to stand up for his nation's foreign policy in any era and under any government whatsoever. Ambassadors are, in the full meaning of the term, titled spies.

Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances.

No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?

Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific.

Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

The reality is that China is a much stronger power today, because the economic dimension has been added to the military and strategic one.

I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists; or surrender power. It's your choice.

We will do everything in our power to protect our allies, South Korea and Japan, including installing even more missile defense.

Russia hasn't paid any attention to ISIS. They're interested in keeping Assad in power.

Strong states and blocs of strong states are the only source of power and legitimacy capable of driving an international agenda in today's world.

The European Union can now act like a major power, at least that is what the European Union tells us.

I never use the concept, multipolar. I use multilateral. Because we have only one global power: whether you like it or not, this is the United States.

The U.N. power comes from concerted action of the governments.

Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world.

If French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language of a counter power.

It's not a matter of rejection (of Israel's existence). Israel is here, present by power.

I think the Chinese do have visions of being a great power. And I think it's legitimate. And I don't see that that's a danger to us.

The world is a safer and better place that the United States is the strongest military power on earth. The stronger you are, the less likelihood you'll ever have to use it.

Great wars can only be fought by great powers.

We still live in a world where if you have nuclear weapons, you are buying power; you are buying insurance against attack.

A true master of politics is able to calculate, down to the smallest fraction, the advantages to which he may put his very faults.

I am interested in power and in the idea of one country exerting power over another. The Soviets took this to an extreme.