Diplomacy Quotes

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

— George W. Bush

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

— Anonymous

[Putin] is a bully. And bullies only understand when we punch them in the nose, but we need to do that economically.

— Kelly Ayotte

Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what…

— Barack Obama

The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt,…

— Cynthia P. Schneider

War is always a failure. It means we've failed in diplomacy and we've failed in talking to one another.

— Martin Firrell

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

— John F. Kennedy

Russia may very well be front and center again in 2020 as they were in 2016 regarding interference in America's presidential election.…

— Richard Painter

Iran has little capacity to deploy force. Its strategic doctrines are defensive, designed to deter invasion long enough for diplomacy to set…

— Noam Chomsky

“Expecting accountability from the UN system was akin to expecting a blind dog to catch a flying Frisbee.”

— Michael Soussan

Kolkata is a musical city. What I like about people here is the lack of diplomacy. Some of the best Indian classical…

— Sukhwinder Singh

Obama is hardly the first president to seek rapprochement with our adversaries and reconciliation with our enemies, of course. But his determination…

— Stephen F. Hayes

Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.

— Barack Obama

While we need to provide leadership and stability to the world, we should do that through diplomacy.

— Kevin de Leon

Certainly the international community is putting a lot of pressure on Iran and making clear that its nuclear program must stop. If…

— Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister Abe's leadership diplomacy was truly amazing. I don't think I can match that.

— Yoshihide Suga

A diplomat who says yes means maybe, a diplomat who says maybe means no, and a diplomat who says no is no…

— Charles M De Talleyrand

Israel and the Palestinians had been at the table together for decades until the Obama/Mitchell/Rahm Emanuel decision to demand a total end…

— Elliott Abrams

Personal relations were critical to the success of dad's diplomacy all across the world during his presidency.

— Neil Bush

We need to strengthen Asian diplomacy.

— Ichiro Ozawa

The model of the Abraham Accords between Israel and the Arab world serves as a powerful reminder that diplomacy is not an…

— Bill Hagerty

In our country and in our times no man is worthy the honored name of statesman who does not include the highest…

— Horace Mann

Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way.

— David Frost

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.

— Daniel Pipes

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