Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U. S. interests.
ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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.
French is the language of diplomacy. Spanish is the language of bureaucracy.
The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.
I want justice to be upheld. I want all-out diplomacy.
Reporting Iran's dossier to the UN Security Council will be unconstructive and the end of diplomacy.
There is no diplomacy like silence.
For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.
We need to strengthen Asian diplomacy.
Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.
Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way.
War is failure of diplomacy.
Dictating to dictators doesn't work; they are congenitally delusional about their own indispensability.
Diplomacy should always be the first option, and every mission should have a clear, achievable objective that is in the interests of the United States.
diplomacy, n. : The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
Culture has become one of the last elements of our identity. We have to act in favor of cultural diversity abroad as well as at home, we need strong cultural diplomacy but we have to create it.
WikiLeaks is the 911 of diplomacy.
Diplomacy without military might is like music without instruments.
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.