Quotes about Diplomacy
A president must make decisions based upon principle and stand by the principles by which he makes decisions in order to achieve peace.
- George W. Bush
Listening to what people in other countries are saying and trying to understand how they perceive their place in the world is essential to a future of peace and security at home and abroad.
- Hillary Clinton
... the best missile defense system of all would be a just and lasting peace.
- Hillary Clinton
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
- Winston Churchill
The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
- William McKinley
Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.
- Frank Herbert
Politics is, for me, forgive and -as you may have heard- sometimes forget.
- Ronald Reagan
We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.
- Ronald Reagan
If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.
- Benjamin Disraeli
The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.
- Ronald Reagan
The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.
- Reinhold Niebuhr
Be a politician; no training necessary.
- Will Rogers