Best 176 quotes in «diplomacy quotes» category

You have no idea how much it contributes to the general politeness and pleasantness of diplomacy when you have a little quiet armed force in the background

You might wonder that I who who have served you in the field of diplomacy should set so much store by the power of nationalism. This is because I know from personal experience that in order to become an effective internationalist, one must strive to be a good nationalist. To be a worthy citizen of the world one must first prove himself to be a good Filipino.

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

Your name?" George asked him directly. He had probably seen the man a dozen times before yet did not know anything about him. King Davit would have no doubt have known half the man's history already. "Henry." George took Henry's hand firmly in his own and looked into his eyes. This had to be done delicately, to make sure this Henry did not think him a fool. He tried to think of how his father would do it. "Thank you, Henry, for your concern. It is a comfort to know I am so well guarded. I will make sure to praise you when next I speak to the lord general. But for now I think there is no need to worry.

A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.

(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

By unleashing an active diplomacy on its nuclear activities, Iran has effectively neutralized the European and US policies,.

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

Dictating to dictators doesn't work; they are congenitally delusional about their own indispensability.

Diplomacy is not merely talking somebody into something; it's talking to somebody from a position of strength. You put your power on the table to open up the conversation; that's diplomacy.

Diplomacy and defense are not substitutes for one another. Either alone would fail.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Diplomacy has been exhausted .. Continued instability in the Balkans threatens important U.S. national interests,.

Diplomacy is much more than just talking to your friends... You've got to talk to people who aren't our friends, and even people you dislike.

Diplomacy is to do and say, the nastiest thing in the nicest way.

Diplomacy was what I wanted to do. From really quite an early age and I think I had a false impression that diplomacy equals travel.

Diplomacy is the only clear answer to the current situation. There is no legal basis for referring Iran to the Security Council. But if that were to happen Iran is not afraid.

Diplomacy is the art of telling plain truths without giving offense.

Europe is not a choice, it is a necessity, but it needs to be rethought, refounded.

English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science.

Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.

Gardening?is one of the most underrated aspects of diplomacy.

Geopolitics is all about leverage. We cannot make ourselves safer abroad unless we change our behavior at home.

How is it that this debate has been twisted on its head, that somehow those that advocate peace and diplomacy are anti-American?

If a nation wants to live in peace with its neighbors, it doesn't keep rattling the saber at them.

If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it.

I'm always diplomatic when heavily outnumbered by armed strangers.

Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace--but a peace I hope with honour.

In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known.

In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.

I would meet directly with the leadership in Iran.

In diplomacy, like in great many other things, the rules of engagement survive only until one remarkable person decides to break them.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, private diplomacy died. There's no such thing as secrecy. It's just a question of whether it's leaked or revealed openly.

Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.

Once we understand how they think, we can predict their behaviour. And once we predict it well, we can manipulate it. That is diplomacy.

Propaganda was an important arm of the Soviet diplomacy, very important.

The real secret about diplomats is that we're trained to say something, when there is nothing to say, and to say nothing when there is something to say.

The Peace Treaties must be scrapped ... I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.

Reporting Iran's dossier to the UN security council will be unconstructive and the end of diplomacy.

Russia is actively using gas diplomacy for its expansion over the ex-Soviet space in a bid to become a regional superpower.

Tact is kind; diplomacy is useful; euphemism is harmless and sometimes entertaining

Unilateralism is not internationalism, It is nationalist egotism gone mad.

There is no diplomacy like silence.

The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.

ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.

Verification and diplomacy, used in conjunction, can be effective,.

We still have time to negotiate, we still have time for diplomacy, because there are still a number of issues that have not been clarified, that created a lack of confidence.

When diplomacy ends, War begins.