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Diplomacy is the art of telling plain truths without giving offense.

We should be using diplomacy to bring an end to Saudi Arabia’s brutal campaign in Yemen, not perpetuating it.

He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.

There are many who loudly insist that diplomacy cannot succeed without a robust U.S. military presence to stand as leverage. We gave that argument a decade. It’s never proved effective…Our diplomacy does not hinge on having boots in harm’s way.

Dialogue cannot exist without humility.

Amidst the confusion and uncertainty of a world without American protection, two models are emerging. One is represented by the fledgling Iraqi effort to promote inclusive regional diplomacy. The other is manifested in the Abraham Accords, with its emphasis on facilitating the reconciliation between Arab dictatorships and Israel in order to counter Iran’s influence.

Once again, people in the foreign policy establishment want us barreling towards another reckless war instead of working on diplomacy and finding a peaceful solution.

The (Xi-Putin) meeting should have provided China the opportunity to encourage Russia to pursue diplomacy and de-escalation in Ukraine. That is what the world expects from responsible powers.

I extend a hand of friendship and brotherhood to all countries in the region, especially neighbors, and I warmly shake their hands.

Condemning a deal that is not yet formulated is akin to condemning diplomacy itself, not a very thoughtful position.

Far too often the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown: whether Ukraine joins the East or the West. But if Ukraine is to survive and thrive, it must not be either side’s outpost against the other – it should function as a bridge between them.

We came together to reiterate our shared belief that diplomacy is the best way to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and discussed how best to encourage Iran to resume serious good faith negotiations.

Diplomacy and defense are not substitutes for one another. Either alone would fail.

Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.

If you can’t go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it.

You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can’t visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.

Sanctions alone could not stop Iran’s nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.

Working with the UN’s diplomacy and development arms, we can prevent minor differences from escalating into wars. When conflicts do break out, UN peacekeepers should play a role in defusing and settling them. Without giving up our sovereignty, we can help the UN with better training and better command and control in order to develop more effective peacekeeping forces.

From an athlete’s perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating – especially since the Olympics – it’s really about people meeting together through sports and putting aside their countries’ differences for that time.

We should not anticipate that every time countries come together that we are doing some revolutionary thing. Instead of hitting home runs, sometimes we’re going to hit singles.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

We will continue to deepen our engagement using every element of American power – diplomacy, military, economic development, the power of our values and our ideals.

Let every girl, let every woman, let every mother here [in Israel]-and there in my country [Egypt]-know we shall solve all our problems through negotiations around the table rather than starting war.

The promotion of human rights cannot be about exhortation alone. At times, it must be coupled with painstaking diplomacy. I know that engagement with repressive regimes lacks the satisfying purity of indignation. But I also know that sanctions without outreach — condemnation without discussion — can carry forward only a crippling status quo. No repressive regime can move down a new path unless it has the choice of an open door.

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.

There is no diplomacy like silence.

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.

I think that there is a particular mindset that was on display in the run-up to the Iraq war that continues to this day. Some of the folks who were involved in that decision either don’t remember what they said or are entirely unapologetic about the results, but that views the Middle East as a place where force and intimidation will deliver on the security interests that we have, and that it is not possible for us to at least test the possibility of diplomacy.

The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.

Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets.

America must continue diplomacy, even as we continue the war, to expand the coalition of the willing to share the burden of war and to share the responsibility and the economic cost of rebuilding Iraq

People have sought to adjust the truth to the hour instead of adjusting the hour to the truth, and in diplomacy they have endeavoured to bring about as much of the reality as they deem wise.

Diplomacy – the art of jumping into trouble without making a splash.

Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us such a world power. Hundreds of millions of people may never set foot in the United States, but thanks to you, they’ve experienced a small part of what makes our country special. They’ve learned something about our values. We have shaped a world culture through you…in a way that has made the world better.