Dmitriy Fyodorovich Ustinov Quotes

When the Soviet Union walked out of arms control negotiations, and refused even to discuss the issues, the San Francisco Democrats didn't blame Soviet intransigence. They blamed the United States.

In order to persuade Britain to pack up, to compel her to make peace, it was essential to rob her of her hope of being able still to confront us, on the continent itself, with an adversary of a stature equal to our own.

I want to make good deals for America.

We need some leverage with the Russians, because they are not going to come to the negotiating table for a diplomatic resolution, unless there is some leverage over them.

I was years older than you when I became an ambassador for the first time. Remember that, Tycho? How did we get through that assignment, anyway?” “Pretty much, we opened fire on everyone who disagreed with us.” Wedge nodded and turned to his daughter. “When all else fails, just do that.

Diplomacy should always be the first option, and every mission should have a clear, achievable objective that is in the interests of the United States.

The United States government does not negotiate with terrorists.

The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse of all the trusts committed to a Government, because they can be concealed or disclosed, or disclosed in such parts and at such times as will best suit particular views; and because the body of the people are less capable of judging, and are more under the influence of prejudices, on that branch of their affairs, than of any other. Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.

Beginning of our conversation with Donald Trump, I made it very clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall.

Important part of our diplomacy is that people take our words seriously.

If there were any in China and Russia in this connection, though we both made some compromises. But these were compromises between friendly countries. I think it is almost impossible to achieve such compromise in other ways.

Mexican leadership has been doing serious damage to the United States by out-negotiating our representatives and political leaders.

Diplomacy is the art of telling plain truths without giving offense.

Given lesser opportunities, Kissinger would have done very well as a talk show host. Fortunately for him, although not so fortunately for the United States, he found his patron in Nelson Rockefeller instead of William Paley.

As president of the United States, I don't bluff.

I believe there are a lot of questions today that require expert analysis by various agencies: political agencies, foreign ministries, economic agencies and security agencies. We need to assess everything and understand what we can agree on and what the implications will be both for Japan and for Russia so that both the Russian people and the Japanese people come to the conclusion that these compromise solutions are acceptable and are in our countries' interests.

Particularly here in the United States there is a lack of comprehension about anything to do with the United Nations.

Pakistan is running away from talks which will be held only when we get reply. Time available is only tonight.

My hope is the Trump administration will approach Russia strategically, with a clear purpose of trying to find more common ground, but without giving up on fundamental values and principles that are at the core of the United States' foreign policy.

Going on and getting good bilateral agreement is a better way [than Trans-Pacific Partnership agreements], and I'm fine with that strategy. I think that strategy can work as well.

The last time Boris Johnson did a deal with the Germans he came back with three nearly new water cannon.

It would be easier to be tough on Russian than make a deal. I don't know if we'll make a deal.

Diplomats do not know how to negotiate, they only know how to keep their job.

We have to get tough with the Russians. They don't know how to behave. They are like bulls in a china shop. They are only 25 years old. We are over 100 and the British are centuries older. We have got to teach them how to behave.

When a nation issues ultimatums, it leaves no room for compromise and ensures that war will continue.