Quotes about Diplomacy

I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.

I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.

No form of government has been able to establish righteousness, justice, and peace, the three elements without which we can never have continued national prosperity or international peace.

The Charter of the United Nations said in its preamble: "We the people determined to save succeeding generations from war..." Can the United Nations save the world from war? The answer is No! It was conceived and created by statesmen who knew little of the significance of the biblical concept of history and the nature of man. When the perspective is wrong, the whole viewpoint will be wrong.

I have no secret methods. I know no diplomacy save that of truth. I have no weapon but non-violence.

Peace if possible but truth at any rate.

Certainly it is much easier to think about negotiating and having deals when there is a singular represented point of view. That pretty much is a given.

Wearing love beads and touting our sincerity will not make this a safer world.

Mr. Prime Minister," I say, standing alone on the driveway, my hand extended. "Mr. President." His expression implacable, his dark eyes peering into mine, he shakes my hand with an iron grip. He is dressed in a black suit and a tie that is a solid blue on the top half, red on the bottom, two-thirds of the Russian flag.

While U.S. investments in India are growing, we also need Indian investments in America.

The truth of the matter is that Iran is a cancer.

There is no part of the world that is irrelevant to the United States anymore.