#diplomacy

In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid. ↗

— Lincoln Chafee

#diplomacy #left #some #some things #things

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#concluded #diplomacy #exception #few #nothing

The Unites States used to use law enforcement to aggressively target North Korea illicit activities - counterfeiting U.S. currency, drug-running, counterfeit cigarettes and pharmaceuticals - until diplomacy gutted those efforts. The effort should be reinvigorated. ↗

— Ed Royce

#aggressively #cigarettes #counterfeit #currency #diplomacy

The "compleat diplomat" of the future should remain cognizant of realism's emphasis on the inescapable role of power, keep liberalism's awareness of domestic forces in mind, and occasionally reflect on constructivism's vision of change. ↗

— Stephen M. Walt

#international-relations #change

Kindness solves more problems than diplomacy, wealth, intelligence, clout, force, law, and dominion combined. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#compassion #diplomacy #dominion #force #intelligence

If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you. ↗

— Sue Monk Kidd

#empowerment #life #relationships #subtlety #life

Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#ever #nobody #pins #said #tool

War is failure of diplomacy. ↗

— John Dingell

#failure #war

Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts. ↗

— Hans Eysenck

#diplomacy #even #facts #fine #international

For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America. ↗

— George W. Bush

#credible #diplomacy #doubt #effective #must