Giuseppe Conte Quotes

Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.

The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought today by sovereign nations.

Embargo is not war.

Foreign policy does not mean guns and rifles, but utilizing all legitimate international means to convince others.

Sanctions are not diplomacy; they are a precursor to war.

Politicians often call for sanctions as a way of sounding tough when they don't want to take riskier measures.

Diplomacy and coalition-building are hard work and not easy for any president.

President Trump is trying to avoid war through economic pressure. Our so-called allies are undermining that pressure and in the process making war more likely.

So, I think that for the authorities to say now that calling for sanctions will prevent dialogue is a ploy to stop us from supporting sanctions. It has to be the other way around: dialogue first, then we stop our call for sanctions, because sanctions make people understand that you cannot exercise repression and at the same time expect international support.

The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part of intelligence; it is frequently the part of ignorance.

Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.

We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership.

Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.

Sanctions are a sign of irritation; they are not the instrument of serious policies.

There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

I'm not a politician or a political expert, but I believe that there are many ways to look at peace.

Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.

You ought to dialogue first before you start throwing spears. And I think the U.N. provides an opportunity for dialogue.

No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight.

Iraq now says that it will, after all, destroy its missiles. President Bush said, 'Please, I used to pull the same trick. There'd be an intervention, I'd make a big show of pouring out the liquor and then there was a case under the floorboards.'

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.

Most of the international community, most of the countries around the world, don't want any side, any party to take unilateral steps. They would like that all of us to stick to the road map.