“Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" while looking for a bigger stick.” — Sean Keogh Copy Share Image
The basic quality for the diplomat is not intelligence but loyalty. — C. Northcote Parkinson Copy Share Image
In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“But diplomacy would be easy if we had to talk only to our friends. That’s not how peace is made.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Diplomacy frequently consists in soothingly saying ‘Nice doggie’ until you have a chance to pick up a rock.” — Walter Trumbull Copy Share Image
“One of the hardest things about diplomacy is to put yourself into someone else's shoes without compromising your own principles.” — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
While we need to provide leadership and stability to the world, we should do that through diplomacy. — Kevin de Leon Copy Share Image
You know, we want to lead with diplomacy in every case, but if deterrence falls and you must fight, you fight to… — Lloyd Austin Copy Share Image
Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
By unleashing an active diplomacy on its nuclear activities, Iran has effectively neutralized the European and US policies,. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
The most important thing is to find collective solutions in diplomacy and I think that is possible,. — Vladimir Putin 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
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
Were it possible so to accelerate the intercourse between every part of the globe that all its inhabitants could be united under… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Looked at objectively, it is clear that the overwhelming majority of civilian deaths resulting from political violence are produced by what should… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
When we put our trust in diplomacy, it is not because it is an inspiring or uplifting discourse or because it helps… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
Back channels themselves are as old as American diplomacy. Thomas Jefferson was an early enthusiast - he often routed around his secretary… — David E. Sanger Copy Share Image
With little fanfare, Jared Kushner is quietly tackling Washington's slow, outdated modus operandi while simultaneously engaging in high-level diplomacy that promotes America's… — Kayleigh McEnany Copy Share Image
Measuring success in cultural diplomacy - the use of education, creative expression in any form, or people-to-people exchange to increase understanding across… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
(I)t is highly questionable whether when 'Europe speaks with one voice', as we are so often told it is doing, anyone is… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
“We’ve started and won two atomic wars since 2022! Is it because we’re having so much fun at home we’ve forgotten the… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Moskin has brought together with care and lucidity an inside history of American diplomacy written through the eyes of the many diplomats… — Thomas R. Pickering Copy Share Image
“How to Train Your Head of State (The Sonnet) We shall achieve more by blasting politicians into space, than by blasting satellites… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Ah, the truth, what a thing it is! I sacrifice so much for it, with people: I forego, for truth's sake, discretion,… — Marvin L. Cohen Copy Share Image
This is total war. We are fighting a variety of enemies. There are lots of them out there. All this talk about… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
We also need to look at precedent before making these decisions. Instead of listening to Muammar Qaddafi's rhetoric, we should look at… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
“No politician in power will ever advocate for nuclear disarmament - that's a fact. The so-called leaders of the world feel about… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Diplomacy is the art of sending someone to hell in the way that they are looking forward to it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“diplomacy is simply the name we have agreed to give to lying about national affairs. I” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Yet, when one thinks of it, diplomacy without force is a but a rotten reed to lean upon. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol. — Adlai E Stevenson Copy Share Image
