Quotes about Diplomacy

But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.

Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable .. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.

You can't provoke, you can't insult the faith of others, you can't make fun of faith.

I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.

With European powers no new subjects of difficulty have arisen, and those which were under discussion, although not terminated, do not present a more unfavorable aspect for the future preservation of that good understanding which it has ever been our desire to cultivate.

It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech.

To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of Decency.

Gradually, however, I was forced to abandon the effort to persuade them to come my way, and then I achieved results only by appealing over the heads of the Senate and House leaders to the people, who were the masters of both of us.

Put an end to talk on dividing Jerusalem. There can be no negotiations about Jerusalem.

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.