“Today's announcement projects a picture of profound weakness in U.S. diplomacy. It should not have been a heavy lift for our diplomats in New York and in foreign capitals to recruit the necessary 96 affirmative votes to seat the United States in the new council.”
Tom Lantos
“Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.”
Will Rogers
“If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it”
Ashleigh Brilliant
“For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.”
George W. Bush
“The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten”
Mark Twain
“The only real diplomacy ever performed by a diplomat is in deceiving their own people after their dumbness has got them into a war.”
“Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.”
Otto von Bismarck
