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

There is nothing fast or easy about diplomacy. I have no illusions about that.

Diplomacy, if properly practiced, is not just talking for the sake of talking.

Diplomacy is really far less important than the stock movements within Russia.

Diplomacy can and will matter; little is inevitable in international relations.

(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.

Diplomacy is essential if we are to find peaceful resolutions in times of tension.

Tact is kind; diplomacy is useful; euphemism is harmless and sometimes entertaining

If you don't want war, then you had better be an advocate for diplomacy with muscle.

In Asia, personal relationships are important, but you cannot personalise diplomacy.

My style in diplomacy is my style as a human being - I'm very direct and very honest.

Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace--but a peace I hope with honour.

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

A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.

In an ideological age, diplomacy may seem weak and prosaic. But sometimes it is all we have.

Prime Minister Abe's leadership diplomacy was truly amazing. I don't think I can match that.

The Peace Treaties must be scrapped ... I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.

I don't think a country needs to bypass diplomacy, they don't need to attack us under the radar.

Diplomacy between a powerful, victorious army and a side that's losing doesn't really work well.

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

Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.

The most important thing is to find collective solutions in diplomacy and I think that is possible.

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

I know full well how important women are in diplomacy and development. I grew up with seven sisters.

For many years, Myanmar's leadership was largely shut out from the world of international diplomacy.

While we need to provide leadership and stability to the world, we should do that through diplomacy.

Reporting Iran's dossier to the UN security council will be unconstructive and the end of diplomacy.

For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.

You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy.

Paradigm shifts, particularly in diplomacy and security issues, are, by definition, major undertakings.

Humor, humility, and, of course, honesty, all are qualities that work in public and cultural diplomacy.

Dictating to dictators doesn't work; they are congenitally delusional about their own indispensability.

Talking and diplomacy is often seen as a concession in America, in a way that it is not in other places.

I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we are conducting diplomacy.

The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.

What we (U.S.) have done, is undertaken diplomacy through public assertions that tend to alienate everyone.

Putin has the ability to advance his interests in many different ways. Sometimes tactical diplomacy can help.

Engaging in diplomacy with Iran and putting an end to their nuclear weapons program was the right thing to do.

The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.

Personal relations were critical to the success of dad's diplomacy all across the world during his presidency.

Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.

The alliance with the United States is and will always be the foundation of our diplomacy and national security.

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.

I would immediately rejoin the Paris Accords and reassert U.S. leadership in the critical process of global diplomacy.

I was a history major at Princeton University; I took exams in war and diplomacy, and I find those things very fascinating.

I believe in diplomacy; I don't believe in talking to... that talking to Iran somehow constitutes a concession or a favour.

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

When I came to office, in terms of diplomacy and national security, as well as the economy, Japan was in a very severe situation.

New kinds of heroics need to be celebrated - like love, thoughtfulness, forgiveness, diplomacy - or we're not going to get there.

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