Administration Quote by Thomas Sowell

“Endless presentation of conflict may interfere with genuine issue resolution.”

— Michael Crichton

The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

When diplomacy has been exhausted, the Security Council must become involved. Questions about Iran's nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by the IAEA.

— Condoleezza Rice

I will seek to build a stable international order through dialogue, not confrontation. At the same time, however, we must be prepared for the…

— Fumio Kishida

If the discussion centres on the essential principle of the E.U., the free movement of people and the ability to make decisions together, in…

— Francois Hollande

We should always settle disputes through dialogue and cooperation, and should not resort to the use or threat of force on the slightest provocation.…

— Wu Bangguo

However, even during the preparations for action, we laid our plans in such a manner that should there be progress through diplomatic negotiation, we…

— Hideki Tojo

Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.

— Akbar Ganji

Diplomacy is the art of knowing what not to say

— Anonymous

We ask them to remove the missiles deployed against Taiwan, give up their military threat, and instead let us together open the door to…

— Chen Shui-bian

It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction

— Mikhail Gorbachev