#diplomacy

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

Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the squabbling institutions of science, environmental management, government and diplomacy in an alliance of convenience to regulate the global climate seems to me optimistic. ↗

— James Buchan

#alliance #beings #climate #convenience #diplomacy

One of my goals upon becoming Secretary of State was to take diplomacy out of capitals, out of government offices, into the media, into the streets of countries. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#capitals #countries #diplomacy #goals #government

Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#different #diplomacy #open #part #self-interest

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

Our challenge in this regard will be to broaden the scope of our federal funds in terms of international diplomacy, development aid, and international assistance. Many Latinos in the United States look at Latin America and see trouble brewing. ↗

— Robert Menendez

#america #assistance #broaden #challenge #development

Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#diplomacy #getting #kids #negotiate #requires