Quote by Hilary Mantel

“What’s a treaty? It’s a piece of paper. An agreement means nothing in itself. It’s the power to force others to comply with that…

— S. J. Kincaid

“Wolsey always said that the making of a treaty is the treaty. It doesn't matter what the terms are, just that there are terms.…

— Hilary Mantel

“What treaty is it that finally separates those two territories, the hard resolve of our exteriors and the terrible disaster on our insides?”

— Ben Marcus

In every treaty, insert a clause which can easily be violated, so that the entire agreement can be broken in case the interests of…

— Louis XIV

The only treaties that ought to count are those which would effect a settlement between ulterior motives.

— Paul Valery

Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.

— Linus Pauling

Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

We shall not bind ourselves by treaties. We shall not allow ourselves to be entangled by treaties. We reject all clauses on plunder and…

— Vladimir Lenin

“A gentleman's agreement cannot be broken because it breaks the person who has signed it.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“is not to be expected that there should be agreement about the definition of any thing, until there is agreement about the thing itself.”

— John Stuart Mill

“Every conflict is unique. But it is fundamental to all conflicts that their long-term solution involves dialogue, trust, and goodwill.”

— SBYudhoyono

The commitment to international agreements is embodied, it's found in the U.S. Constitution. Article Six of the U.S. Constitution provides that treaties of the…

— John Burroughs