Diplomacy Quotes · Page 8

Diplomacy can and will matter; little is inevitable in international relations.

— Richard N. Haass

“Anyone who has had anything to do with the higher diplomacy is aware that diplomatic language stands in a class by itself.…

— P.G. Wodehouse

Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace--but a peace I hope with honour.

— Benjamin Disraeli

“His knowledge of war has fed a passion for peace.”

— Bill Clinton

I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. If…

— Hans Eysenck

It is truly appalling for Senator Mark Kirk to equate the Obama Administration's diplomacy with Nazi appeasement. As a Jewish-American, I am…

— Jan Schakowsky

“Pick a leader who will make their citizens proud. One who will stir the hearts of the people, so that the sons…

— Suzy Kassem

These, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the…

— Harold Nicolson

“Where are Haldad my father, and Haldad my brother? If the king of Doriath fears a friendship between Haleth and those who…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

— Will Durant

I think all of our experience with (Iraqi President) Saddam Hussein teaches us that diplomacy has very little chance of working unless…

— Tony Blair

Once the Xerox copier was invented, private diplomacy died. There's no such thing as secrecy. It's just a question of whether it's…

— Andrew Young

Create the impression of endless willingness to compromise and you almost invite deadlines. That's the challenge we now have in North Korea…

— Henry A. Kissinger

In Asia, personal relationships are important, but you cannot personalise diplomacy.

— Ananda Krishnan

It is very important for I think those of us who desperately want peace, who see war as, at some level, a…

— Barack Obama

The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.

— Brent Scowcroft

Propaganda was an important arm of the Soviet diplomacy, very important.

— Alexander Haig

Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggie!" till you can find a stick.

— Wynn Catlin

I think that war is diplomacy. There have been wars that have been fought for righteous reasons and there are wars that…

— Stephen Lang

We did more to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions with a computer virus than we ever could have with bombs (and we did…

— Joe Sestak

There is no diplomacy like candor.

— E. V. Lucas

Through strategic diplomacy, private-public sector partnerships, and innovative new ideas, the Trump administration has advanced policies that will benefit millions of working…

— Kayleigh McEnany

Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.

— Anonymous

We did drive them [Iran] to the negotiating table. And my successor, John Kerry, and President [Barack] Obama got a deal that…

— Hillary Clinton

We should not anticipate that every time countries come together that we are doing some revolutionary thing. Instead of hitting home runs,…

— Barack Obama