#diplomacy

Force is all conquering, but it's victories are short lived. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#militarism #victory

This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war. ↗

— Tom Daschle

#failed #forced #miserably #now #president

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism. ↗

— Barbara Tuchman

#balances #devices #diplomacy #during #fascism

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died. ↗

— Andrew Young

#diplomacy #invented #once #xerox

Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#avoiding #diplomacy #doing #more #right

All war represents a failure of diplomacy. ↗

— Tony Benn

#failure #represents #war

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

— Zhou Enlai

#diplomacy #means #other #war

There is no diplomacy like candor. ↗

— Edward V. Lucas

#diplomacy #like

Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#diplomacy #element #force #inevitable #means

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

#diplomacy #power #restraining