Elizabeth I
Queen
"I observe and remain silent."
Diplomacy quotes
Diplomacy
57 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Walt Whitman Rostow
Economist
"We are the greatest power in the world. If we behave like it."
Benjamin Disraeli
Politician, Author
"There is no diplomacy like silence."
Andrew Young
Civil Rights Leader
"Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died."
Lincoln Chafee
Politician
"In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid."
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"Diplomacy is the art of telling plain truths without giving offense."
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"Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace--but a peace I hope with honour."
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"Reporting Iran's dossier to the UN security council will be unconstructive and the end of diplomacy."
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"I know no diplomacy save that of truth."
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"You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done."
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"Once the Xerox copier was invented, private diplomacy died. There's no such thing as secrecy. It's just a question of whether it's leaked or revealed openly."
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"Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated."
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"Diplomacy is the police in grand costume."
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"Often I must speak otherwise than I think. This is called diplomacy."
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"There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working."
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"I would meet directly with the leadership in Iran."
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"We've said to the Iranians all along . . . we still remain open to diplomacy. But it's been very clear that the Iranians don't want to engage with us."
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"French is the language of diplomacy. Spanish is the language of bureaucracy."
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