How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

Be polite write diplomatically even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Before I got Doctor Who I went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I went back to take the final grade exam which is the grade you have to take before you can take the teacher's diploma.

We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction.

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.

English once accepted as an international language is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science.

A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.

A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.

The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories. The Cold war is over. Europe is at peace if not always diplomatically.

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes but due to one side giving up.

The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited.

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership but raising children isn't. Hey it made me a better leader: you have to take a lot of people's needs into account you have to look down the road. Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.

It was only when I finished the course and left my graduation diploma on the bus that I realised I'd become an actor.

The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace both in words and deeds. By contrast the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years.

We tried to have diplomas without learning we tried to have jobs without work we tried to have houses without savings we tried to have government without responsibility.

One of my goals upon becoming Secretary of State was to take diplomacy out of capitals out of government offices into the media into the streets of countries.

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas but for scars.

I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.

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.

People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to mention the diplomatic international experience.