Diplomacy Quotes

In the field of world policy I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbour.

I wish to be Prime Minister and in close and daily communication by telephone with the President of the United States. There is nothing we could not do if we were together.

I have always thought that it ought to be the main end of English statecraft over a long period of years to cultivate good relations with the United States.

The reason for having diplomatic relations is not to confer a compliment, but to secure a convenience.

Battles are the principal milestones in secular history. Modern opinion resents this uninspiring truth, and historians often treat the decisions of the field as incidents in the dramas of politics and diplomacy.

When diplomacy ends, war begins.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.