Diplomacy Quotes

Diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

Zhou En Lai

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means. 1954.

Enlai Zhou

Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments.

Frederick the Great

In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known.

Thomas Pickering

Violence is the diplomacy of the incompetent.

Isaac Asimov, Prelude to Foundation, said by Hari Seldon

The art of life is to show your hand. There is no diplomacy like candor. You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do. Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception.

E. V. Lucas

Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron.

Josef Stalin

Diplomacy is to do and say, the nastiest thing in the nicest way.

Isaac Goldberg

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.

American Prove

In the defense of our nation, a president must be a clear - Eyed realist. There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They are held in check by strength and purpose and the promise of swift punishment.

George W. Bush, speech, November 19, 1999