80 Diplomacy Quotes for You to Enjoy

Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together. Colin Powell

Quiet diplomacy is far more effective than public posturing. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Diplomacy More Effective Than Quiet Public Far

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power. Henry Kissinger

Art Diplomacy Power Restraining

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

World Better Diplomacy Some Some Things Unsaid Left Things

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. Will Durant

Art Communication Diplomacy Half Nothing Say Speaking

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

Respect Rights Achieve Diplomacy Approach Address Mutual Mutual Respect Objectives Constructive Shared Counterparts Footing Equal Concerns Mean Means Engaging Basis

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way. Isaac Goldberg

Diplomacy Way Say Nicest Things

We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we've had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I've taken. Colin Powell

War You Peace Conflict Sometimes Try Diplomacy Nation Before Beginning Believe Approach Has-Been Find Reconciliation Had Taken Since Practiced Always Go Been Very Worked Should

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

Great Business Diplomacy Nation States Tyrants Constantly Great Nation Varied Both Like Interests Engage Many Multilateral United United States Need

The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key... and bolt the door at once. Andrew Jackson

When people think of digital diplomacy, they think of government tweeting. It is not what it is. That is public diplomacy. Jared Cohen

Government People Digital Diplomacy Think Public Tweeting

There are no military solutions - dialogue and diplomacy are the only guarantee of lasting peace. Martin McGuinness

Peace Diplomacy Military Lasting Lasting Peace Solutions Only Dialogue Guarantee

Architecture is a negotiated art, and it's highly political, and if you want to make buildings, there is diplomacy required. Thom Mayne

Art You Architecture Political Diplomacy Highly Make Buildings Want Required

Though no one wants war, Congress needed to give the President the authority he needs to protect America while encouraging the use of diplomacy and negotiations to try and arrive at a peaceful solution to this problem. Allen Boyd

War Needs Problem Try Diplomacy Congress President Negotiations Though Solution Give No-One He Protect Arrive Encouraging America Authority Wants While Use Peaceful Needed

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure. Alvin Adams

Failure Diplomacy Other Enterprise Missions Ultimately Susceptible Any Different Which Public Little Included Hence Humanitarian

India is a country that has no direct interests in some areas of global conflict. It has very good relations with countries in conflict or countries facing difficult security situations, and I believe Indian diplomacy is very well received. India is a bridge-builder, an honest broker, and a messenger of peace. Antonio Guterres

Good Peace Conflict Diplomacy Country Believe Difficult Relations Broker Security India Indian Some Direct Area Facing Countries Global Well Messenger Very Situations Interests Received Honest

We must use all the tools of American power in resolving disputes, including diplomacy. And we must have sufficient congressional debate and oversight before ever putting another U.S. solider in harm's way. Barbara Lee

Debate Diplomacy Power Before Resolving Tools Way Must Putting Another Oversight American Use Congressional Including Ever Sufficient Disputes Harm

America must continue diplomacy, even as we continue the war, to expand the coalition of the willing to share the burden of war and to share the responsibility and the economic cost of rebuilding Iraq. Barbara Mikulski

War Burden Responsibility Diplomacy Willing Must Cost Economic Share Continue Iraq Expand America Coalition Even Rebuilding

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism. Barbara W. Tuchman

World Old Diplomacy Power Wicked Secret Spheres Triple Alliance Devices Period Balances Influence Means Interim Old World Fascism Appeasement Treaties

In 2008, many Democrats and Republicans believed Hillary Clinton to be a responsible public leader - a firm hand on the wheel, experienced in matters of diplomacy, conflict, and national interest. The 3 A.M. phone call was a question mark with Barack Obama, but not for Hillary Clinton. Ben Domenech

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