Arguing Quote by Ronan Farrow

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

— Zhou Enlai

I think that war is diplomacy by other means, for sure, and there have been wars that have been fought for righteous reasons. There…

— Stephen Lang

Diplomacy matters. Burden-sharing matters. Follow-through matters. And yes, sustaining the peace is harder, more complex and often costlier than winning the war itself. No…

— Dick Gephardt

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

— Stephen Lang

I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let…

— Stuart Symington

Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue, by the cleverness of arts, the objectives which they…

— Randolph Bourne

Oh, diplomacy ... it mops up war's spillages; legitimizes its outcomes; gives the strong state the means to impose its will on a weaker…

— David Mitchell

As a 29 year veteran of the US Army/Army Reserves, retiring as a Colonel and having served as a U.S. diplomat for 16 years…

— Ann Wright

If diplomacy has any chance to work, it must be coupled with a credible military threat.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

Maintaining peace can be as strenuous as winning a war.

— Margaret MacMillan

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.

— Daniel Pipes

War is, in fact, an extension of politics, and in any war, military operations have to be conducted in such a way that they…

— H. R. McMaster