Diplomacy Quotes

"It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them."
-Paul Claudel

"Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree."
-Dean Acheson

"Diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means."
-Zhou En Lai

"We need to strengthen Asian diplomacy."
-Ichiro Ozawa

"A dual-headed DAS for public diplomacy."
-Karen Hughes

"At the moment, our nation's diplomacy has hit a wall on all fronts."
-Seiji Maehara

"Two days of urgent and delicate diplomacy face the president."
-John King

"In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid."
-Lincoln Chafee

"Checkbook diplomacy does not replace the need for systemic changes."
-Myron Brilliant

"Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way."
-David Frost

"There is now more energy behind the diplomacy than was usually the case in the first term."
-Flynt Leverett

"I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we are conducting diplomacy."
-Douglas Feith

"Diplomacy is the only clear answer to the current situation."
-Hamid reza Asefi

"Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died."
-Andrew Young

"There is still room for finding a solution through diplomacy."
-Nicholas Burns

"Diplomacy is the art of knowing what not to say."
-Matthew Trump

"Our understanding is that a lot of behind-the-scenes diplomacy is going on with some of the countries that are not on the list."
-Michael Cromartie

"But if you ask whether such a possibility can be derived from the logic of his Asian diplomacy up to now, the answer is no."
-Tomoyuki Kojima

"Diplomacy: lying in state."
-Oliver Hereford

"George Bush is dead fucking wrong [about diplomacy]."
-Douglas Noll

"They're supposed to be practicing public diplomacy."
-Dennis Phillips

"Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country."
-Ambrose Bierce

"DIPLOMACY, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country."
-Ambrose Bierce

"Diplomacy is to do and say, the nastiest thing in the nicest way."
-Isaac Goldberg

"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock."
-Will Rogers

"Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments. "
-Frederick The Great

"Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week."
-Will Rogers

"We fully acknowledge that public diplomacy is only part of the picture."
-Edward Djerejian