Diplomatic – Quotes

War is indefensible on

War is indefensible on every grounds, military and economic and diplomatic and also on moral. Eugene McCarthy

I’m too diplomatic. I

I’m too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak – it can be incredibly draining. Erin O’Connor

Power politics is the

Power politics is the diplomatic name for the law of the jungle. Ely Culbertson

The Obama administration has vastly expanded the use of armed drones and concentrated a great deal of diplomatic effort on building and maintaining alliances that share information about terrorists, provide access to get near them, and then strike against them. Elliott Abrams

The question was never

The question was never whether the United States, E.U., NATO, Arab League, U.N. Security Council, and African Union could together using economic sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and military attacks to bring Qaddafi down. The question was always how much time, how much blood, and what damage to NATO. Elliott Abrams

Technically, Japan and South

Technically, Japan and South Korea normalized their diplomatic ties 50 years ago, but this wasn’t included in the Normalization Treaty because forced prostitution, coerced sex just was taboo to even talk about. Elise Hu

North Korea has certainly,

North Korea has certainly, in the past, used detainees to initiate diplomatic exchanges with the United States. Elise Hu

The theoretical postulate of

The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice. Elihu Root

Vice-President Ford, possibly preparing

Vice-President Ford, possibly preparing for higher duties, assessed Kissinger’s part in the Syrian-Israeli troop disengagement as \”the great diplomatic triumph of this century or perhaps any other. Edwin Newman

When the US government

When the US government got word that I was planning to leave Russia to go to Latin America, they brought down the plane of the – the presidential plane, which had diplomatic protection, that had the Bolivian president on board. They closed the airspace in four different countries in Europe, I believe, which was extraordinary, … Read more