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In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Complex Depends Diplomacy Elements Including Leadership Our Power Principled Security Strong Threats World

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We must use all the tools of American power in resolving disputes, including diplomacy. And we must have sufficient congressional debate and oversight before ever putting another U.S. solider in harm's way.

~Barbara Lee

Topics: American Another Before Congressional Debate Diplomacy Disputes Ever Harm Including Must Oversight Power Putting Resolving Sufficient Tools Use Way

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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.

~Barbara Mikulski

Topics: America Burden Coalition Continue Cost Diplomacy Economic Even Expand Iraq Must Rebuilding Responsibility Share War Willing

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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.

~Barbara Tuchman

Topics: Alliance Appeasement Balances Devices Diplomacy Fascism Influence Means Old Old World Period Power Secret Spheres Treaties Triple Wicked World

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Certainly the international community is putting a lot of pressure on Iran and making clear that its nuclear program must stop. If it stops with the sanctions, the combinations of sanctions, diplomacy, other pressures, I, as the prime minister of Israel, will be the happiest person in the world.

~Benjamin Netanyahu

Topics: Certainly Clear Combinations Community Diplomacy Happiest International International Community Iran Israel Lot Making Minister Must Nuclear Other Person Pressure Pressures Prime Prime Minister Program Putting Sanctions Stop Stops Will World

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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.

~Bo Bennett

Topics: Any Avoiding Diplomacy Doing More Right Right Things Right Time Saying Than Things Time Wrong Wrong Things

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Our challenge in this regard will be to broaden the scope of our federal funds in terms of international diplomacy, development aid, and international assistance. Many Latinos in the United States look at Latin America and see trouble brewing.

~Bob Menendez

Topics: Aid America Assistance Broaden Challenge Development Diplomacy Federal Funds International Latin Latin America Latinos Look Many Our Regard Scope See States Terms Trouble United United States Will

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Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because she's had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy.

~Carlos Fuentes

Topics: Because Crying Diplomacy Embassy Exports Fight Had Imports Lady Much Opposite Secretary Sense She Students Trouble Who Writing You Yourself

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Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together.

~Colin Powell

Topics: Come Develop Diplomacy Guy Listening Needs Other Own People Position Preserving Relationships Times Together Tough Tough Times Work Work Together You Your

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Our diplomacy and development budget is not just about reducing spending and finding efficiencies. We need a frank conversation about what we stand for as that 'shining city on a hill.' And that conversation begins by acknowledging that we can't do it on the cheap.

~Colin Powell

Topics: About Acknowledging Begins Budget Cheap City Conversation Development Diplomacy Finding Frank Hill Just Need Our Reducing Shining Spending Stand

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