(208 quotes found)
“Diplomacy... the art of restraining power.”
Henry Kissinger
“Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.”
Will Rogers
“I'm a huge proponent of exchanges, student exchanges, cultural exchanges, university exchanges. We talk a lot about public diplomacy, ... It's extremely important that we get our message out, but it's also the case that we should not have a monologue with other people. It has to be a conversation, and you can't do that without exchanges and openness.”
Condoleezza Rice
“Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.”
Daniele Vare
“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”
Will Durant
“DIPLOMACY, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country.”
Ambrose Bierce
“In central banking as in diplomacy, style, conservative tailoring, and an easy association with the affluent count greatly and results far much less”
John Kenneth Galbraith
“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.”
Robert Frost
“The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond to modern ideas of commercial intercourse. This policy has been characterized as substituting dollars for bullets. It is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to the dictates of sound policy and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.”
William Howard Taft
“Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.”
Will Smith
