Quotes about Diplomacy

I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way. —Daniele Vare, Italian diplomat

Instead of attacking, focused on taking away the stick.

Take the eighteenth-century general who had fallen into disfavor with the great Prussian warrior king, Frederick the Great. Coming upon the king, the general saluted him with the greatest respect, but Frederick turned his back. "I am happy to see that Your Majesty is no longer angry with me," murmured the general. "How so?" demanded Frederick. "Because Your Majesty has never in his life turned his back on an enemy," replied the general.

If you open a door, however, as Diane Nash did with her persistent questions, you offer the other a way out and all your power can be deployed in persuading them to take it. In short, rather than working to frustrate the other, focus on redirecting their attention to a positive outcome.

You need confidence to stand up for yourself in the face of the other's reaction. You need power to be able to follow through on your No if the other refuses to respect it.

You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war.' - To Neville Chamberlain

There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them

We have a close, unshakable bond between the United States and Israel, and between the American and Israeli people. We share common values and a commitment to a democratic future for the world, and we are both committed to a two-state solution. But that doesn't mean that we're going to agree.

Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price.

Our relations with the various Indian tribes continue to be of a pacific character.

Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle.