Quotes about Diplomacy

I contend that Bush would be a lot more moderate if there weren't some fundamentalists breathing down his neck every time he wants to establish the state of Israel, every time he wants to do justice for the Palestinian people.

I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount.

When women participate in peace-making and peace-keeping, we are all safer and more secure.

My visit this autumn is an opportunity to continue that rich tradition of visits between Canterbury and Rome.

People ask, 'How do you work with the other side?' Well, I start by not saying bad things about them.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.

An act of terrorism totally outside the bounds of international law and diplomatic tradition. ... a crisis that calls for firmness and restraint.

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual confrontations, there should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

War is not an act of unchecked ruthlessness but a declared contest between bounded societies, or states. If a state has no enemies it has no boundaries.

As the Head of a woman's college she must, thought Harriet, have had a distasteful task; for she looked as though the word 'compromise' had been omitted from her vocabulary; and all statesmanship is compromise.

Even we schoolchildren know that ordinary diplomats don't drive around in unmarked cars carrying Glock pistols.