Tact is kind; diplomacy is useful; euphemism is harmless and sometimes entertaining — Julian Burnside Copy Share Image
“You know me, Robert, when my passions flare, diplomacy is not my métier.” — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
As fiscal constraints impinge on defence and diplomacy, governments find themselves increasingly homebound, even if diplomats happily travel to summits. — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
New kinds of heroics need to be celebrated - like love, thoughtfulness, forgiveness, diplomacy - or we're not going to get there. — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
Paradigm shifts, particularly in diplomacy and security issues, are, by definition, major undertakings. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
A half-century after racing the Russians to the moon, the U.S. is barely suiting up in the international race to secure interests… — Rick Larsen 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
Far too often the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown: whether Ukraine joins the East or the West. But if Ukraine… — Henry A. Kissinger 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
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Diplomacy, of course, is a subtle and nuanced craft, so much so that it's said that when the most wily diplomat of… — Ronald Reagan 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
“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
The Obama administration kind of shows how you can use diplomacy to bring the most important countries together and get the whole… — Chris Mooney Copy Share Image
Engaging in diplomacy with Iran and putting an end to their nuclear weapons program was the right thing to do. — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
In diplomacy, like in great many other things, the rules of engagement survive only until one remarkable person decides to break them. — Ilona Andrews 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
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
Russia is actively using gas diplomacy for its expansion over the ex-Soviet space in a bid to become a regional superpower. — Lilia Shevtsova Copy Share Image
Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it. — Omar Bongo Copy Share Image
In running Wilson Sonsini, it's all people-to-people skills. Those people-to-people skills translate into diplomatic skills. — John Roos Copy Share Image
Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers. — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
Every country has its own diplomacy. Being part of Europe doesn't mean giving up one's independence or no longer being able to… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
When we're trying to solve difficult national issues its sometimes necessary to talk to adversaries as well as friends. Historians have a… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that… — Hans Eysenck Copy Share Image
“The bargaining position of the victor always diminishes with time. Whatever is not exacted during the shock of defeat becomes increasingly difficult… — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong… — Bo Bennett Copy Share Image
Mr. Tillerson's obsession with downsizing our diplomacy has colored his time at the State Department. — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
Iran's strong logic and firm diplomacy is the guideline for all government officials in negotiations on country's peaceful nuclear program with foreigners,… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
“For more than five years, I’d made little progress with my efforts at quiet diplomacy—for one thing, the Soviet leaders kept dying… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately… — Alvin Adams Copy Share Image
Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our… — Judy Biggert Copy Share Image
Architecture is a negotiated art, and it's highly political, and if you want to make buildings, there is diplomacy required. — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
