Quotes About Diplomats

We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.

the key to all diplomacy—was knowing when they were serious about their threats and when they were posturing.

The advance guard in the campaign for peace that America wages today must be the State Department.

I am not in the camp of 'Russia has to be our enemy, and they have to be that way forever,' and I think sometimes we fight about from the past.

Moreover, resolving the mother of all problems - the Israeli-Palestinian question - requires cooperation between Europe and the U.S.

American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature.

One thing we got to be thankful for our Soldiers can win wars faster than our Diplomats can talk us into them,

In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.

There are no innocents in Gaza, don't let any diplomats who want to look good in the world endanger your lives - mow them down!

I think there are a number of little Ribbentrops running around. But Molotov hasn't found a good enough deal yet.

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When we did Diplomats music, it was all genuine, and I think that's why people love it so much, because they seen a group of kids from Harlem that had almost nothing come up to be platinum-selling artists, and people rode that wave with us.

In an ideological age, diplomacy may seem weak and prosaic. But sometimes it is all we have.

The Olympics is a time primarily for sport and celebration, but diplomacy does not stop at the door of the U.N., and for it to work, it must be sustained and consistent.

Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out.

The two Presidents sat opposite each other, while Christopher and I sat side by side on a couch between them; Hill and Galbraith also participated. Their greeting was far warmer than their performance for the press; Milosevic jovially hailed Tudjman as "Franjo." Tudjman called Milosevic "Slobo.

Like all diplomats, Walter hated it when monarchs talked directly to each other, instead of through their ministers. Anything could happen then.

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.

I have so much respect for policy makers and diplomats, but I could never be a politician because of the way they dress!

My dad is Japanese; he was an art director there. My mom is half-English, half-Argentinian. They met in Japan in the '70s. Her parents were diplomats posted there.

In most cases, cables are marked secret not because the U.S. requires it but because those speaking to us - the foreign leaders across the table - do. They are not keeping secrets from us, but from two other groups: their enemies and their subjects.

I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's desire to avoid confrontation with China.

Talking to the Taliban is a process the Afghans have to manage. It is their country.

In principle, there is nothing wrong with the United States negotiating directly with the Taliban.