Top 411 Diplomacy Quotes & Sayings

Unfortunately, diplomacy was a dance I needed to learn.

Diplomacy is living in state.

For a smart man, why would Trump conduct absurd limp-wristed missile strikes while the Chinese are sitting with him in Mar-a-Lago. Do they not understand protocol and diplomacy? I don't understand. Do they understand that is probably one of the greatest breaches of diplomacy I've ever seen in my lifetime.

I know no diplomacy save that of truth.

There is no diplomacy like candor.

This campaign of non-cooperation has no reference to diplomacy, secret or open. The only diplomacy it admits of is the statement and pursuance of truth at any cost.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran all contribute to core goals of U.S. policy in those countries.

The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.

Public diplomacy was an effective Cold War weapon.

Diplomacy and virtue do not make easy companions.

And we ought to work our diplomacy first and I think it's a reason it's going to respond increasingly to our diplomacy particularly with the president's direct involvement in the peace process, and I think that's extraordinarily important.

Verification and diplomacy, used in conjunction, can be effective,.

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

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

Anyone who has ever studied the history of American diplomacy, especially military diplomacy, knows that you might start in a war with certain things on your mind as a purpose of what you are doing, but in the end, you found yourself fighting for entirely different things that you had never thought of before. In other words, war has a momentum of its own and it carries you away from all thoughtful intentions when you get into it. Today, if we went into Iraq, like the president would like us to do, you know where you begin. You never know where you are going to end.

diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.

Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way.

Part of diplomacy, the hard work of diplomacy is trying to extract whatever concessions you can get, and giving something the other side wants. Of course you've got to try to make peace with, and work with those who are your adversaries, but you don't just rush in, open the door, and say, "Here I am. Let's talk and make a deal."

We need to strengthen Asian diplomacy.

This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war.

Diplomacy is not merely talking somebody into something; it's talking to somebody from a position of strength. You put your power on the table to open up the conversation; that's diplomacy.

I think all of our experience with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein teaches us that diplomacy has very little chance of working unless it is clear to him that if diplomacy does not work, that the threatened reality of force is there.

Diplomacy is important, extremely important, and I don't think these reductions at the State Department are appropriate because many times diplomacy is a lot more effective - and cert cheaper - than military engagement.

Diplomacy was what I wanted to do. From really quite an early age and I think I had a false impression that diplomacy equals travel.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Moskin has brought together with care and lucidity an inside history of American diplomacy written through the eyes of the many diplomats who conceived and carried it out over 225 years. You experience the challenges, successes, and foibles. Over time, the Foreign Service evolved into a professional cadre serving the public and presidents, often at the peril of their lives. Anyone interested in understanding our diplomacy, what makes it tick, and how it strives to serve the public interest should read this masterful history.

Let me be clear: I'm a believer in a robust military, which is essential for backing up diplomacy. But the implication is that we need a balanced tool chest of diplomatic and military tools alike. Instead, we have a billionaire military and a pauper diplomacy. The U.S. military now has more people in its marching bands than the State Department has in its foreign service - and that's preposterous.

In diplomacy, clear-cut wins and losses are rare.

To say that the United States has pursued diplomacy with North Korea is a little bit misleading. It did under the Clinton administration, though neither side completely lived up to their obligations. Clinton didn't do what was promised, nor did North Korea, but they were making progress. So when Bush came into the presidency, North Korea had enough uranium or plutonium for maybe one or two bombs, but then very limited missile capacity. During the Bush years it's exploded. The reason is, he immediately canceled the diplomacy and he's pretty much blocked it ever since.

There is no diplomacy like silence.

Building up arms is not a substitute for diplomacy.

WikiLeaks is the 9/11 of diplomacy.

Lawyers do not mix with diplomacy.

Diplomacy is like jazz: endless variations on a theme.

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

Successful diplomacy is an alignment of objectives and means.

Diplomacy is to do and say, the nastiest thing in the nicest way.

Gardening?is one of the most underrated aspects of diplomacy.

Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets.

We need to really use the full force of diplomacy. And we need to be seen and understood to be on the side of diplomacy and international law.

You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done.

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

When diplomacy ends, War begins.

Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power.

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

I believe on foreign policy that there is little difference between the Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. We believe that the best course for containing North Korea's nuclear program is through diplomacy, and we disagree with the language the President Donald Trump has used, and the fact that he's made it more difficult for diplomacy to work.

There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.

I believe in much more diplomacy, not less.

Diplomacy is the police in grand costume.

War is failure of diplomacy.

Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.

It would be some time before I fully realized that the United States sees little need for diplomacy; power is enough. Only the weak rely on diplomacy. The Roman Empire had no need for diplomacy. Nor does the United States.

Everybody's still talking about diplomacy and I'm very hopeful that as long as we talk about diplomacy, as long as we're not talking about enforcement measures, sanctions, et cetera, we are on the right track. But we need to accelerate the process.

Follow your instincts, and handle all with respect and diplomacy.

Diplomacy: lying in state.

In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known.