I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat.

We believe that we should come to an agreement with the Palestinians. But we need two to tango.

I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win.

In the United States, there is a broadly shared view that the U.N. is one of many potential instruments to advance U.S. issues, and we have to decide whether a particular issue is best done through...

I was a history major at Princeton University; I took exams in war and diplomacy, and I find those things very fascinating.

I think the Obama administration, whether it's in his first term or second term, is totally committed to the search for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, and we greatly appreciate the...

Nowhere is it written that there must be conflict between the United States and China.

It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together.

Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.

There are no military solutions - dialogue and diplomacy are the only guarantee of lasting peace.

America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the...

And we want to develop our strategy to partnership and friendship with the United States, which is connected with a very rich history but what is very important for our future.

Your Majesty may rest assured about my conduct towards the Comtesse de Provence; I will certainly try and gain her friendship and confidence, without going too far.

The soft power of science has the potential to reshape global diplomacy.

The captains of England and Australia can barely exchange pleasantries these days without a body language expert immediately declaiming on the angle of their handshakes.

Diplomacy was like a card game. The difference was that you never really knew the value of the cards in your own hand.

An important United Nations environmental conference went past 6:00 in the evening when the interpreters' contracted working conditions said they could leave. They left, abandoning the delegates...

Oh, and Mr. Montgomery? I think I counted about four dozen important - sounding words and almost no substance at all in that explanation. I don't think you should close the door on your diplomatic...

In the end, everyone came to the conclusion that however ungainly, however inefficient, however elliptical ASEAN's ways are, it's still better than not having an ASEAN. That is the genius of ASEAN...

A country that publicly threatens to completely destroy another nation should not be surprised when a preemptive surprise attack occurs from that nation and their allies.

That's just a fiction, a little game of protocol.

The art of diplomacy is the luck of knowing more of your rival's secrets than he knows of yours.