Diplomacy Quotes

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

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

You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

I observe and remain silent.

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.

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

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

We are the greatest power in the world. If we behave like it.

There is no diplomacy like silence.

It is better to inconsistently save some lives than to consistently save none.

For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.

There is no diplomacy like candor.

War is failure of diplomacy.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

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

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 the art of telling plain truths without giving offense.

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

I would love to see no more ghettos but the things is, there's no diplomacy in the ghetto. They want to tell you something, they tell you straight!

I want justice to be upheld. I want all-out diplomacy.

The most important thing is to find collective solutions in diplomacy and I think that is possible.

Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets.

We need to strengthen Asian diplomacy.

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

You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done.

You need diplomacy and not slogans. This is the place for wisdom, the place for seeking windows that will take you to the objective.

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

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

I know no diplomacy save that of truth.

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.

Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated.

The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.

Follow your instincts, and handle all with respect and diplomacy.

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

Unfortunately, diplomacy was a dance I needed to learn.

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

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

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

Often I must speak otherwise than I think. This is called diplomacy.

There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.

Diplomacy is living in state.

Diplomacy is the police in grand costume.

The best diplomacy starts with getting to know each other.

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.

I would meet directly with the leadership in Iran.

Diplomacy, if properly practiced, is not just talking for the sake of talking.

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

We've said to the Iranians all along . . . we still remain open to diplomacy. But it's been very clear that the Iranians don't want to engage with us.