Diplomacy Quotes

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Will Rogers

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

American Prove

Diplomacy: lying in state.

Oliver Hereford

Violence is the diplomacy of the incompetent.

Isaac Asimov, Prelude to Foundation, said by Hari Seldon

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

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

Josef Stalin

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

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