Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Gephardt

Part of doing this the right way and the successful way is to put together a coalition, ... Sometimes that takes diplomatic efforts as well as military efforts to get that done.

Our focus remains on diplomatic efforts to get six-party talks under way as a means of reaching the goal of a dismantlement of the North Korean program and a denuclearized Korean Peninsula.

I would not say this is a sign of great openness. It's more like establishing diplomatic relations between two countries, rather than opening borders.

I have many doubts we can reach a joint diplomatic platform, but I think we need to try.

Christopher Dodd

I don't think we've been muscular enough, if you will, at the diplomatic table. I don't disagree that we ought to leave the military option on the table.

Ye Xiaowen

We can establish diplomatic relations with the Vatican very soon if the two principles are accepted. But it is very hard for us to do so if the two principles are violated.

Joschka Fischer

When I heard that yesterday, I was very diplomatic and didn't pull a face. But in my head you could imagine what I was seeing: I saw people sitting around in dreadlocks with joints in their hands, and reggae music playing in the background.

Igor Ivanov

The resolution has made a real threat of war go away and opens the way for further work in the interests of a political- diplomatic settlement of the situation around Iraq.

We want to be very clear, and not necessarily fuzz things up with diplomatic language that may get us in trouble down the road.

Ehud Barak

tough diplomatic battle. It is impossible to predict how long it will last or the results.

Dan Bartlett

The president's priority is to find a diplomatic solution to a problem the entire world recognizes.

Why are they so single-minded? We want to solve this problem diplomatically, but everyone has to have an interest in doing this through diplomatic means.

David Garrett

You always have to be diplomatic with music, with classical, with whatever you do.

We are seeking a diplomatic solution to this problem.

We back the EU's efforts and their proposal to exploit diplomatic ways to solve the issue.

We will respond through diplomatic channels. None of the U.S. attaches was or is engaged in inappropriate activities.

Alexander Downer

We hope that it's going to be possible to get back on to the diplomatic path before too long,

We are in support of democratic, political, diplomatic process that would implement resolutions and save the people of Iraq. We want to make that clear, and I think some of the demonstrations did not make that clear.

One of the great goals of this meeting was to have people know each other and be able to communicate directly. We don't have time for the normal diplomatic procedures.

We support the . . . efforts and the proposal they have put forward to find a diplomatic solution to this problem.

Donald Rumsfeld

to embark on a diplomatic initiative to work with North Korea to see if they wouldn't reverse their position of violating these three or four agreements.

Yesterday (Monday) was a technical rally. There's still a lot of uncertainty about a potential recession and about what's going to happen on the diplomatic front.

US-Syrian relations are extremely strained. There is virtually no diplomatic discussion between the two.

Helen Clark

would now be able to resume friendly diplomatic relations.

There's no indication that they're hiding anything. We just need to wade through the diplomatic process to re-establish ties.

Elliott Abrams

The United States already has in place comprehensive trade sanctions against Sudan, imposed because of the regime's support for terrorism. While we maintain diplomatic relations, we do not staff our embassy there.

What this suggests is that we need more of a robust and effective diplomatic strategy.

I support diplomatic solutions to all issues at those talks.

The importance of (the boycott) is more political and diplomatic than it is financial today.

Richard Holbrooke

The differences between the two sides are real but small, and they can be resolved by diplomatic means.

Joseph Cirincione

As always, the different factions (in Washington) will use it to justify their existing positions. The vice president and his hawks will use it to show that the Iranian program can't be stopped through diplomatic means and, therefore, their preferred option of a military strike is the only option.

Kofi Annan

stress the desirability of a peaceful and diplomatic solution, but events on the ground may be running away from us.

The more defiant Iran becomes, the more the spotlight is on the U.N. to try to find a diplomatic solution.