Diplomacy Quotes

Lawyers do not mix with diplomacy.

— Charles Stross

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

— Tony Benn

“Diplomacy never works.”

— Nadia Scrieva

“Diplomacy is the inception and the end of war”

— Aprilita K

I believe in much more diplomacy, not less.

— Valerie Plame

“diplomacy and that is only my opinion.”

— S. Magobs

There is no diplomacy like candor.

— E. V. Lucas

War is failure of diplomacy.

— John Dingell

French is the language of diplomacy. Spanish is the language of bureaucracy.

— Ernest Hemingway

“ Real firmness is good for every thing— Strut is good for nothing.”

— Alexander Hamilton

We are the greatest power in the world. If we behave like it.

— Walt Whitman Rostow

The Peace Treaties must be scrapped ... I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.

— Clement Attlee

You know, finding a solution to any world problem: the first step is diplomacy.

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

“When diplomacy fails, whisper through Art and your message will echo for eternity.”

— Tom Althouse

In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.

— Lincoln Chafee

Diplomacy never stops, and, with or without an election, it never stops.

— Colin Powell

As fiscal constraints impinge on defence and diplomacy, governments find themselves increasingly homebound, even if diplomats happily travel to summits.

— Sanjaya Baru

New kinds of heroics need to be celebrated - like love, thoughtfulness, forgiveness, diplomacy - or we're not going to get there.

— Patty Jenkins

Paradigm shifts, particularly in diplomacy and security issues, are, by definition, major undertakings.

— Richard N. Haass

Pakistan is not a rogue state, but it harbours and covertly supports rogue elements. While war is not the answer, hard or…

— P. Chidambaram

“Like many other simple-hearted souls, it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark and mysterious…

— Anonymous

“I think there is a substantial difference between hypocrisy and diplomacy: hypocrisy is not saying things, diplomacy is knowing how to say…

— Luigina Sgarro

Geopolitics is all about leverage. We cannot make ourselves safer abroad unless we change our behavior at home.

— Thomas Friedman

A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward…

— Caskie Stinnett

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

The United States tried, by depressing the clutch of diplomacy and downshifting the gearshift lever of rhetoric, to remain neutral, but it…

— Dave Barry

The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of…

— William Penn

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

Diplomacy has always involved dinners with ruling elites, backroom deals and clandestine meetings. Now, in the digital age, the reports of all…

— Heather Brooke

In diplomacy, as in life itself, one often learns more from failures than from successes. Triumphs will seem, in retrospect, to be…

— Richard Holbrooke

From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics…

— Brian Boitano

The dustbin of history is littered with remains of those countries that relied on diplomacy to secure their freedom. We must never…

— Ronald Reagan

Why are you smiling?' Gargarin asked Froi, from across the balconette. 'When you're going to have to learn a lesson in diplomacy…

— Melina Marchetta

“The diplomatic kids had a hectic sort of life, being constantly thrown from one end of the world to the other and…

— Romain Gary

“He had come to prospect the intentions of Charles towards the French and the Anglo-Austrian coalition, and even if Charles had thrown…

— William Bolitho

“The message from too many Democrats and Republicans alike remains that we should not let facts get in the way of our…

— John Hulsman

Human rights and international criminal law both illustrate the contradictory potential of international law. On one level, the imposition of human rights…

— Richard A. Falk

“In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to…

— Claudia Clark

“One story that circulated about (U.S. Minister to Russia Charles S.) Todd concerned his conversation with a lady-in-waiting at an Imperial reception…

— Norman E. Saul

“TF-16 returned to Pearl Harbor on May 26 in good order, with one huge exception: Admiral Halsey, the sixty-year-old commander, arrived back…

— Dale A. Jenkins