Diplomacy is the lowest form of politeness because it misquotes the greatest number of people. A nation, like an individual, if it… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
Sanctions are not diplomacy. They are a precursor to war and an embarrassment to a country that pays lip service to free… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
People have sought to adjust the truth to the hour instead of adjusting the hour to the truth, and in diplomacy they… — Alice Bailey Copy Share Image
America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long. — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
“A well-trained diplomat is supposed to write French, for example, like an angel, but to speak it with the peculiar gutlessness of… — Geoffrey Household Copy Share Image
Whether we report Iran to the council or not, I believe the only way forward is through diplomacy. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
“Unless all other means have been exhausted, the battle is nothing more than a bar fight taking place in a room that… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
In a reality, what we should be doing is having quiet diplomacy with the Russians to convince them that it's in their… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
A child is a child in any country, whatever the politics. Let's get down to basics. That's what a child forces you… — Audrey Hepburn Copy Share Image
We did drive them [Iran] to the negotiating table. And my successor, John Kerry, and President [Barack] Obama got a deal that… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
These, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the… — Harold Nicolson Copy Share Image
If you're anti-war it doesn't mean you are 'Pro' one side or the other in a conflict. However, it does make you… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly invented at… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I'm a career diplomat. I spent 30 years as a diplomat, out of which seven years as foreign minister. I've always believed… — Miroslav Lajcak Copy Share Image
The president recognizes that funding global health is good for national security, domestic health and global diplomacy. Consequently, President Obama has steadily… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
Diplomacy should always be our first option. Most politicians only talk, not fight. I’ve fought; talking is far better than fighting. — Seth Moulton Copy Share Image
“I knew nothing at all of the art of diplomacy, which I have since diagnosed as the ability to make the nastiest… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share Image
Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up. — Daniel Pipes Copy Share Image
Diplomat: A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
“Diplomacy be damned, Nate preferred to say what was on his mind. ‘Yes, and Aladdin might fly out your ass on his… — Teresa Schulz Copy Share Image
It is a principle of diplomacy that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly. — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
We still have time to negotiate, we still have time for diplomacy, because there are still a number of issues that have… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
The anchors of the Arab consensus have long been Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and both are now weakened forces in Arab politics… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
How is it that this debate has been twisted on its head, that somehow those that advocate peace and diplomacy are anti-American? — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Beijing is on the move in Africa - using aid, diplomacy, weapons sales and Chinese ex pats in a bid to become… — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond to the modern idea of commercial intercourse. This policy has been characterized… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I would immediately rejoin the Paris Accords and reassert U.S. leadership in the critical process of global diplomacy. — Joe Sestak Copy Share Image
A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble with such big stakes in diplomacy without… — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share Image
“Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier… — Ptahhotep Copy Share Image
Camus believed in dialogue and diplomacy, and enlisted his work as a philosopher to the need to find nonviolent solutions, whereas Sartre… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
“Agreements in the organizations of world power are never reached on the floor. They are made in the delegates' lounge and corridors… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share Image
But for us, in Syria, we have principles. We'll do anything to prevent the region from another crazy war. It's not only… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
I'm resolved to be active on diplomacy as Japan further develops relationships based on trust and cooperation with countries including the U.S. — Yoshihide Suga Copy Share Image
“People who keep their feelings to themselves tend not to know, after a while, what their feelings are.” — Paul Berman Copy Share Image
Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
![“We did drive them [Iran] to the negotiating table. And my successor, John Kerry, and President [Barack] Obama got a deal that put a lid on Iran's nuclear program without firing a single shot. That's diplomacy. That's coalition-building. That's working with other nations.” quote by Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7d2/hillary-clinton-51_barack_we-did-drive-them-iran-to-the-negotiatin_1150953.jpg)
