Diplomatic Quotes

You weren't able to talk sense into him?" Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death." I see. You tried the diplomatic approach.

I'm not always the most diplomatic person.

My father was not able to get all the vinyl he used to listen to with me. He couldn't travel as he did it because of his profession as a diplomatic career.

I would like to be George Clooney - diplomatic. I just don't have the wherewithal yet or the inner serenity.

We can't afford to let the international community and the world lose faith in the diplomatic track.

I am blunt sometimes; I am diplomatic sometimes; I am all things in between. Abrasive, you know, I guess it's in the eye of the beholder.

Can I be blunt? Yes. Can I be diplomatic? Yes. Can I concoct a mixture of vinegar and honey when the circumstances warrant? Yes.

I'm honest about expressing my opinions. At the same time, I'm diplomatic in how I do critique things if I have a negative response.

Today Secretary of State John Kerry visited the small African nation of Djibouti. Or to use the official diplomatic term, he made a Djibouti call.

President Obama announced that he's going to reopen diplomatic relations with Cuba. He wants to act before Seth Rogen makes a movie about Castro.

I'm a middle child, and I'm pretty diplomatic: the peace-maker.

It is good to be on your guard against an Englishman who speaks French perfectly; he is very likely to be a card-sharper or an attache in the diplomatic service.

The diplomatic relations start when the two sides get a bit closer to each other, but U.S and Iran, they are drifting apart.

I worry about the lack of experience that Rex Tillerson has had on the diplomatic front and, frankly, I think that's true for many of the appointments to [Donald] Trump's cabinet.

The government favors the most diplomatic language. That's why any letter to them should always start with, "Dear turkeys and foul maggots..."

There is one government with which we keep diplomatic relations, the government of Mexico, with which we have good relations. Our systems are different. We respect their system.

We are in what we hope is an intensive diplomatic phase now. It will not be open-ended.

I am a straight talker. I am not politically correct or diplomatic.

You saw the president yesterday. I thought he was very forward-leaning, as they say in diplomatic nuanced circles.

You cannot have a diplomatic offensive without talking.

As I said to Speedicut, it's hell in the diplomatic.

If you are asking whether states and state actors can only respond through revenge, then you are suggesting that diplomatic solutions are hopeless.

This doesn't mean abandoning our values and ideals; wherever we can, it's in our interest to help foster democracy through the diplomatic and economic resources at our disposal.

I'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining.

I was unhappy with the jobs I did after law. I got into the diplomatic service. There again I had really little to do.

I've always been completely autocratic. I've never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.

There are many other arrows in our diplomatic quiver.

General [Michael] Flynn has been in touch with diplomatic leaders, security leaders in some 30 countries. That's exactly what the incoming national security advisor should do.

It is essential for America to understand what our mission is in Iran, and that is to dissuade Iran from having a nuclear weapon through peaceful and diplomatic means.

We must persuade Iran not t have nuclear weapons through peaceful and diplomatic means. We want a peaceful planet.

What we have said and - and - and with which I concur is that we should use every diplomatic and political vehicle that's available to us to keep Iran from becoming a nuclear capability state.

North Korea has certainly, in the past, used detainees to initiate diplomatic exchanges with the United States.

We [USA] don't have diplomatic leverage to eliminate every vestige of a peaceful nuclear program in Iran. What we do have the leverage to do is to make sure that they don't have a weapon.

Let me say with a Georgia accent that we cannot solve this problem if it requires a diplomatic passport to claim the rights of an American citizen.

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

Questions to be answered by questions itself when you wanna ignore it in first place. It’s better to be diplomatic rather than Ignorant.