Diplomatic Quotes

Diplomatic Quote of the day

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

If the North Korean side shows no sincerity in solving the nuclear weapon, abduction and missile issues, then the likelihood of normalization of diplomatic relations is very slim.

Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations.

You always have to be diplomatic with music, with classical, with whatever you do.

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

War is indefensible on every grounds, military and economic and diplomatic and also on moral.

I tried to be diplomatic, but mostly I just lied a lot.

Even when I was at CIA, I'd go to visit foreign leaders and I'd say, 'You know, I'm not a diplomat. I'm just an old CIA guy'... I said, 'If I wanted to be diplomatic, I'd have been a diplomat.'

Power politics is the diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.

The diplomatic representatives of the United States of America to other nations are almost entirely Jews.

I was never the diplomatic diplomat.

Wisdom is an artful method—a skillful, tactical, fair, and diplomatic use of knowledge.

My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on.

British education is probably the best in the world, if you can survive it. If you can't there is nothing left for you but the diplomatic corps.

I will aim to restore the Japan-U.S. alliance and Japan's strong diplomatic capabilities. Japan can't pursue a strong foreign policy without strengthening its alliance with the United States.

These [NSA] programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.

More scientific language and less diplomatic rhetoric may make this world even better.

A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.

I think an awful lot of the diplomatic problems that exist in the world come from people assuming that their society is the one with a purchase on truth.

None of Ho Chi Minh's colleagues was as dedicated to the use of political struggle, psychological warfare, and diplomatic means as he was.

If I don't like someone, I'll let that person know. I'm not very diplomatic. I understand that.

The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests.

Players have a great deal of flexibility when conducting diplomatic relations with their allies.

All the governments just want to have more power when it comes to economic espionage, diplomatic manipulation and political influence.

The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice.

Mr. Speaker, in seeking to return to the United Nations, the Republic of China on Taiwan will once again ask diplomatic allies to present its case before the United Nations this fall.

Everything ends this way in France — everything. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindlings, diplomatic affairs — everything is a pretext for a good dinner.

White House and State Department foreign-policy experts are overwhelmingly directed towards military and diplomatic issues, not development issues.

And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage.

The interparliamentary conference should, in my opinion, direct its particular attention to the preparation of the next Hague Conference, the diplomatic conference, the conference of governments.

Sharia is the impetus behind multinational diplomatic efforts to accommodate Sharia blasphemy prohibitions on expression that offends Muslims.

No one's interested really in knowing what policies or diplomatic initiatives or arms negotiations might have been compromised by me.

I have a diplomatic passport for India, diplomatic passport for Albania. I have Vatican passport and to America, I can go any time.

Vice-President Ford, possibly preparing for higher duties, assessed Kissinger's part in the Syrian-Israeli troop disengagement as "the great diplomatic triumph of this century or perhaps any other.

As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made through engagement instead of isolation.

I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions.

I tend to put my foot in my mouth. I'm not good at being diplomatic. I tend to piss people off.

Ho Chi Minh sought to defeat both adversaries [French and American] primarily by using diplomatic and political means, combined with paramilitary activities.

I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment

To be successful, you really have to put your ego in the background and try to be diplomatic to achieve what you want to achieve.

If Bradley Manning was the person who copied the secret US diplomatic cables to WikilLeaks, he is a hero for exposing human rights abuses.

The reason for having diplomatic relations is not to confer a compliment, but to secure a convenience. [On diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China]

We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement.

It is frankly a mistake of amateurs to believe you can gain the upper hand in a diplomatic negotiation.

I know what I say at times is not very diplomatic.

I'm always diplomatic when heavily outnumbered by armed strangers.

As a Korean War Veteran I know too well the troubling nature of war. This is why I will always support a diplomatic answer before military intervention.

It is 60 years since the restoration of diplomatic relations, but relations between Japan and Russia have much deeper roots. In all, our diplomatic ties date back 150 years, more than 150 years now.

Never be diplomatic and careful about the treasure God gives. This is poverty triumphant.

We need some leverage with the Russians, because they are not going to come to the negotiating table for a diplomatic resolution, unless there is some leverage over them.