Diplomacy Quotes

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

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

Will Rogers

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

Isaac Goldberg

Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments.

Frederick the Great

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

Josef Stalin

Diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

Zhou En Lai

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

American Prove

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

Diplomacy is the art of knowing what not to say.

Matthew Trump, in Mother Earth News

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

Enlai Zhou