Diplomatic Relations Quotes

“As the 2018 World Cup Championship in Russia draws to a close, President Trump scores a hat-trick of diplomatic faux pas - first at the NATO summit, then on a UK visit, and finally with a spectacular own goal in Helsinki, thereby handing Vladimir Putin a golden propaganda trophy. For as long as this moron continues to queer the pitch by refusing to be a team player, America's Achilles' heel will go from bad to worse. It's high time somebody on his own side tackled him in his tracks.”
― Alex Morritt, Lines & Lenses

“Wir wollen ein Volk der guten Nachbarn sein und werden, im Innern und nach außen.“

("We as a people want to be and become good neighbors, both domestically and abroad.")

First Inaugural Address as West German Chancellor, October 28, 1969”
― Willy Brandt

“The tree of diplomacy only grows thorns of war, not fruits of peace.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hurricane Humans: Give me accountability, I'll give you peace

“I would rather contend with an honest asshole than a duplicitous diplomat.”
― A.E. Samaan

“Deal with people in a respectful, honest, and diplomatic manner and you will never have to be concerned about the way you handled a situation.”
― Germany Kent

“Diplomacy is actually code for deceit.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“The French are masters of "the dog ate my homework" school of diplomatic relations.”
― P.J. O'Rourke

“When faced by an international conflict, forget diplomacy, forget statecraft, forget strategies and policies and ask yourself, what would a human do in this situation, not a politician, not a bureaucrat, not a law enforcement official, but a human? The tree of diplomacy only grows thorns of war, not fruits of peace.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hurricane Humans: Give me accountability, I'll give you peace

“The United Nations: A specter of bureaucratic behemoth looming over the fractured landscape of international relations.”
― Ryan Gelpke

“Diplomacy is a mutual transaction between two strangers who agree to act, or pretend, as friends, guided by rules of engagement that govern their manufactured friendship.”
― Eduvie Donald