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Diplomacy Quotes

Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.

– Hillary Clinton

To be clear, I abhor the separation wall. It is an eyesore in itself and makes tangible the failed diplomacy and cruel short-sightedness that causes such misery in the region. No Palestinian can see that wall and not wonder if the Israelis mean it to stay there forever, a constant reminder of what they never intend to change.

– Howard Jacobson

A constructive approach to diplomacy doesn’t mean relinquishing one’s rights. It means engaging with one’s counterparts, on the basis of equal footing and mutual respect, to address shared concerns and achieve shared objectives.

– Hassan Rouhani

There is nothing fast or easy about diplomacy. I have no illusions about that.

– Hillary Clinton

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

– Henry Kissinger

We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble with such big stakes in diplomacy without having your master card in your hand.

– Henry L. Stimson

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.

– John Kenneth Galbraith

War is failure of diplomacy.

– John Dingell

Quiet diplomacy is far more effective than public posturing.

– Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Diplomacy is really far less important than the stock movements within Russia.

– Alan Greenspan

In Asia, personal relationships are important, but you cannot personalise diplomacy.

– Ananda Krishnan

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

– Andrew Young

Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time.

– Bo Bennett

Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets.

– Albert J. Nock

We must never relent in our efforts to resolve conflicts through diplomacy and through all of the instruments bestowed by the Charter of the United Nations.

– Felipe VI of Spain

A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy.

– Elliott Abrams

There is no diplomacy like candor.

– E. V. Lucas

The anchors of the Arab consensus have long been Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and both are now weakened forces in Arab politics and diplomacy.

– Elliott Abrams

Successful diplomacy is an alignment of objectives and means.

– Dennis Ross

I don’t think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we are conducting diplomacy.

– Douglas Feith

English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science.

– Edward Sapir

Iran has little capacity to deploy force. Its strategic doctrines are defensive, designed to deter invasion long enough for diplomacy to set it.

– Noam Chomsky

For many years, Myanmar’s leadership was largely shut out from the world of international diplomacy.

– Najib Razak

Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way.

– David Frost

Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.

– Dennis Ross

Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

– Dee Dee Myers

The world of high-stakes international diplomacy can be rough and tumble, but it’s more often than not a procession of suits and summits, protocol sessions and photo ops.

– Douglas Brinkley

Camus believed in dialogue and diplomacy, and enlisted his work as a philosopher to the need to find nonviolent solutions, whereas Sartre called for violent conflicts and justified terror.

– Michel Onfray

To say that the United States has pursued diplomacy with North Korea is a little bit misleading. It did under the Clinton administration, though neither side completely lived up to their obligations. Clinton didn’t do what was promised, nor did North Korea, but they were making progress.

– Noam Chomsky

Nobody’s ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.

– Madeleine Albright

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