Once we understand how they think, we can predict their behaviour. And once we predict it well, we can manipulate it. That… — Charlie Huston Copy Share Image
“It would assume that bilateral problems could be worked out through goodwill, active diplomacy and transparency rather than suspicions and a search… — Graham E. Fuller Copy Share Image
We hope that diplomacy works before you ever use force. The hardest decision a president makes is ever to use force. — George W. Bush 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
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
I suppose in John Kerry's world good diplomacy lets the boys in the bar finish raping the girl for fear of causing… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Diplomacy may very well be the art of manipulating secrets. What would any negotiation come to, were not there secrets to either… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Well, Colonel, there is diplomacy and there is reality. Our ambassador represents diplomacy. I represent reality. And the reality is we don't… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
I'm going to be bringing people into the public diplomacy function of the department who are going to change from just selling… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I'm a huge proponent of exchanges, student exchanges, cultural exchanges, university exchanges. We talk a lot about public diplomacy, .. It's extremely… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Certainly the international community is putting a lot of pressure on Iran and making clear that its nuclear program must stop. If… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
Benjamin Netanyahu has made the official policy of the Israeli government the two-state solution, at a time when he had opposition from… — Michael Oren Copy Share Image
Today's announcement projects a picture of profound weakness in U.S. diplomacy. It should not have been a heavy lift for our diplomats… — Tom Lantos Copy Share Image
For me personally and for most other Americans, this commitment to peace and diplomacy does not imply a blind or total pacifism.… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
You know, Hillary Clinton's out there saying, we need smart diplomacy. We need to do smart power. And that means empathizing with… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You need diplomacy and not slogans. This is the place for wisdom, the place for seeking windows that will take you to… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
“Kindness solves more problems than diplomacy, wealth, intelligence, clout, force, law, and dominion combined.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Richard Holbrooke is known for many things, but I will remember him as an impressive, sometimes even intimidating diplomat who understood the… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
In my experience, in bringing coercive diplomacy to bear against Slobodan Milosevic, no bomb strike was more important than maintaining NATO's cohesion. — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
Humor, humility, and, of course, honesty, all are qualities that work in public and cultural diplomacy. — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
The United States is willing to exert strong leadership to give diplomacy its very best chance to succeed. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
“Louella remarked that when foreign nations had intercourse with this country they knew they had been intercoursed.” — Jack Woodford Copy Share Image
The practice of diplomacy, I have found, is sometimes like eating soup with a fork: much activity yielding little nourishment. — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
Only professional diplomats, inveterate idiots and women view diplomacy as a long-term substitute for war. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Diplomacy is the only clear answer to the current situation. There is no legal basis for referring Iran to the Security Council.… — Hamid-Reza Assefi Copy Share Image
I would love to see no more ghettos but the things is, there's no diplomacy in the ghetto. They want to tell… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
“He wouldn't even dance with Levana at the stupid ball if he could help it—to hell with diplomacy.” — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
I don't think a country needs to bypass diplomacy, they don't need to attack us under the radar. — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy. — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
Dictating to dictators doesn't work; they are congenitally delusional about their own indispensability. — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
I think if I had to do it over again, I'd do it the same way. I would just put more resources… — John Poindexter Copy Share Image
War is always a failure. It means we've failed in diplomacy and we've failed in talking to one another. — Martin Firrell Copy Share Image
“You have no idea how much it contributes to the general politeness and pleasantness of diplomacy when you have a little quiet… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
The real secret about diplomats is that we're trained to say something, when there is nothing to say, and to say nothing… — Jon Huntsman, Jr 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
“Are you guys really arguing over where to eat dinner?" "It's one of the more savage tools in the diplomatic arsenal.” — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
Sometimes arrogance makes us overreach. George Bush Jr. often tries to suggest the leaders of other countries, and it is just not… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Diplomacy was what I wanted to do. From really quite an early age and I think I had a false impression that… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
