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We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.

The war we are fighting today against terrorism is a multifaceted fight. We have to use every tool in our toolkit to wage this war - diplomacy, finance, intelligence, law enforcement, and of course, military power - and we are developing new tools as we go along.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time.

Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader.

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.

Though no one wants war, Congress needed to give the President the authority he needs to protect America while encouraging the use of diplomacy and negotiations to try and arrive at a peaceful solution to this problem.

For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.

Diplomacy means the art of nearly deceiving all your friends, but not quite deceiving all your enemies.

And we ought to work our diplomacy first and I think it's a reason it's going to respond increasingly to our diplomacy particularly with the president's direct involvement in the peace process, and I think that's extraordinarily important.

In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.

This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war.

War is failure of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.

I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we are conducting diplomacy.

Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way.