#diplomacy

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up. ↗

— Daniel Pipes

#diplomacy #does #due #end #general

I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win. ↗

— Stuart Symington

#declared #department #diplomacy #i #i believe

Preemption is the right of any nation in order to preserve its National Security; however, preemptive war is a tactic, not a strategy. When used as a strategy preemption dilutes diplomacy, creates an atmosphere of distrust, and promotes regional instability. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#atmosphere #creates #diplomacy #distrust #however

Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy. ↗

— Warren W. Wiersbe

#hypocrisy #love #tact #truth #truth-telling

Diplomacy and virtue do not make easy companions. ↗

— Iain Pears

#politics #virtue #dreams

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

— Tom Daschle

#failed #forced #miserably #now #president

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way. ↗

— Isaac Goldberg

#nicest #say #things #way

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

Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#achilles heel #dependence #diplomacy #economic #energy