“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
“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
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
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
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
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
“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
...the Stone Table [was] a place that served as the OK Corral for the Faerie Courts when they decided to engage in… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
I think all of our experience with (Iraqi President) Saddam Hussein teaches us that diplomacy has very little chance of working unless… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
After two decades of reconstruction work, I want to work on projects that lay at the intersection of cultural diplomacy and national… — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share Image
Our country desperately needs a president with a depth of global experience and an understanding of all the elements of our nation's… — Joe Sestak Copy Share Image
Interventionism is inextricable from the American idea. If the United States retreats into isolationism, it ceases to be itself ? a nation… — Roger Cohen Copy Share Image
“You know, in the realm of diplomacy, we are all bound to defend and promote our respective national interests. But, there is… — SBYudhoyono Copy Share Image
“In diplomacy there are two kinds of problems: small ones and large ones. The small ones will go away by themselves and… — Patrick McGuinness Copy Share Image
India is a country that has no direct interests in some areas of global conflict. It has very good relations with countries… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
We are always in favour of diplomacy and talks... but talks need honesty. Trump's call for direct talks is only for domestic… — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
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
MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign country as… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Reporting Iran's dossier to the UN Security Council will be unconstructive and the end of diplomacy. — Ali Larijani Copy Share Image
And we support Senator Joseph Lieberman, that it's time for our country to consider a military preemptive strike against Iran if they… — John Hagee Copy Share Image
You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy. — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful,… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The only real diplomacy ever performed by a diplomat is in deceiving their own people after their dumbness has got them into… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“If you really want peace, what is there to talk about? It’s when you really don’t want peace, that you want to… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
At times I watch the news and see they talkin' 'bout diplomacy and they ain't got a clue my niggas ain't got… — J Cole Copy Share Image
There are no military solutions - dialogue and diplomacy are the only guarantee of lasting peace. — Martin McGuinness Copy Share Image
China's diplomacy has made bold headway, serving domestic development and contributing to world peace and common development,. — Li Zhaoxing Copy Share Image
War is tragedy. The great war stories are tragedies. It's the failure of diplomacy. 'War and Peace,' 'A Farewell to Arms,' 'For… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue, by the cleverness of arts, the objectives… — Randolph Bourne Copy Share Image
“It's a time-honored truism of diplomacy that the most resented epithet is the one most accurately depicting the deficiencies of the recipient.” — keith laumer Copy Share Image
“Diplomacy cannot thrive in an environment where ego overshadows ethics. Toxic leadership turns negotiations into battlegrounds and progress into casualties.” — Abhysheq Shukla Copy Share Image
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
Since most cyberwar is conducted covertly, governments avoid any public acknowledgment of their own abilities and shy away from engaging in any… — Jared Cohen Copy Share Image
In terms of our region, what we need to ensure is that the rise of China [is] conducted in a manner that… — Malcolm Turnbull Copy Share Image
Japan's diplomatic efforts could have had a broader international perspective. Relations with the U.S. are, of course, the cornerstone of Japan's diplomacy,… — Sadako Ogata Copy Share Image
Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
In 2008, many Democrats and Republicans believed Hillary Clinton to be a responsible public leader - a firm hand on the wheel,… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands… — James Ellis Copy Share Image
![“...the Stone Table [was] a place that served as the OK Corral for the Faerie Courts when they decided to engage in diplomacy by means of murdering anyone on the other team.” quote by Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/779/jim-butcher-151_court_the-stone-table-was-a-place-that-served_1697922.png)
![“In terms of our region, what we need to ensure is that the rise of China [is] conducted in a manner that does not disturb the security and the relative harmony of the region upon which China's prosperity depends. Now - now, that requires careful diplomacy, it requires balancing.” quote by Malcolm Turnbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/malcolm-turnbull-8650_careful_in-terms-of-our-region-what-we-need-to-e_2878375.jpg)
