A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol. — Adlai E Stevenson Copy Share Image
The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something. — Brent Scowcroft Copy Share Image
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
“What's the use in being diplomatic? I'd rather just pull my weapon and wing it.” — C.J. Redwine Copy Share Image
“A successful ambassador has to bring the bacon home without spilling the beans.” — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share Image
“The Americans love to play diplomacy by making scares. It's a crude method.” — James Aldridge Copy Share Image
We will continue to deepen our engagement using every element of American power - diplomacy, military, economic development, the power of our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Diplomacy is not merely talking somebody into something; it's talking to somebody from a position of strength. You put your power on… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
When diplomacy has been exhausted, the Security Council must become involved. Questions about Iran's nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward… — Caskie Stinnett Copy Share Image
Geopolitics is all about leverage. We cannot make ourselves safer abroad unless we change our behavior at home. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
You know, we want to lead with diplomacy in every case, but if deterrence falls and you must fight, you fight to… — Lloyd Austin Copy Share Image
“One of the hardest things about diplomacy is to put yourself into someone else's shoes without compromising your own principles.” — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
The United States tried, by depressing the clutch of diplomacy and downshifting the gearshift lever of rhetoric, to remain neutral, but it… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“Convince and enemy, convince him that he's wrong, is to win a bloodless battle where victory is long. A simple act of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I sincerely hope that the difficulties that are there in Iraq and Iran can be resolved, that Iraq will see a new… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
Our nation must engage with the rest of the world. But to be successful, we must listen. Our interaction with the world… — Dina Powell Copy Share Image
Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
...words are some of the most powerful and important things I know…Language is the tool of love and the weapon of hatred.… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
The dustbin of history is littered with remains of those countries that relied on diplomacy to secure their freedom. We must never… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Most of us carry a faded old picture in our heads of what a great captain looks like. It’s usually an attractive… — Sam Walker Copy Share Image
Let me be clear: I'm a believer in a robust military, which is essential for backing up diplomacy. But the implication is… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The blindness of bigotry, the madness of ambition, and the miscalculations of diplomacy seek their victims principally amongst the innocent and the… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
As a longtime career guy, I like quiet diplomacy behind closed doors. This is not what we're getting with Donald Trump. At… — James Franklin Jeffrey Copy Share Image
The US and Israel have demanded further that Palestinians not only recognize Israel's rights as a state in the international system, but… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Balance-of-power diplomacy was less a choice than an inevitability. No state was strong enough to impose its will; no religion retained sufficient… — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it. — Ashleigh Brilliant Copy Share Image
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Diplomacy and defense are not substitutes for one another. Either alone would fail. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If diplomacy has any chance to work, it must be coupled with a credible military threat. — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
Propaganda was an important arm of the Soviet diplomacy, very important. — Alexander Haig Copy Share Image
ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
