James Costos Quotes

I think it is important to help our country's image outside of Spain.

Prince Felipe is the best ambassador for Spain: I have already told Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, minister of foreign affairs, that the prince should travel to the U.S. more often.

Being a global ambassador is as much a responsibility as it is an honour.

I majored in political communications, so I intended to be a diplomat.

I think if I had to do it over again, I'd do it the same way. I would just put more resources into getting the public diplomacy part much stronger than we were able to.

Masood Ahmed brings to the position of director of external relations extensive experience gained in a range of senior positions in international finance and development.

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.

The term “public diplomacy” is often a euphemism for propaganda.

An ambassador also serves as an emblem of the country that appoints him.

The job of a diplomat is to be the eyes and the ears of the country he or she is representing.

America's international broadcasters are an important part of the face we present to the world.

I mean what had always been attractive to me about the State Department spokesperson role is that it's traditionally been a very substantive position.

I should have sent him somewhere as an ambassador. The world’s a big place.

I’m new and have 110 countries to deal with and all I’ve got to deal with is a little bit of foreign aid.

American soldiers and marines are good diplomats in their own right.

Sometimes everyone is foreign minister.

Public diplomacy, practiced in harmony with traditional diplomacy, will enable us to advance our interest, to protect our security, and to continue to provide the moral basis for our leadership in the world.

Public Diplomacy – the open exchange of ideas and information – is an inherent characteristic of democratic societies. Its global mission is central to … foreign policy. And it remains indispensable to … national interests, ideals and leadership role in the world.

The United States need not worry about hearts and minds in foreign lands.

Public diplomacy should be more ear driven than mouth driven.

We must be careful about speech writers making foreign policy.

The first thing I’m going to do is go to Israel and court Premier Begin’s wife like she was an 18-year-old schoolgirl. Then I’ll go to Egypt and court Sadat’s wife the same way. One of those ladies is going to turn around in bed to her husband and say: ‘You know, that little Bobby Strauss is not such a bad guy. Why don’t you do something nice for him?’

Let politicians deal with politics. I will put effort into enhancing the dialogue between the Turkish and Armenian peoples.

They want to send me abroad, as a Consul or a Minister …. Good knows, I am mean enough and lazy enough without being a foreign consul.

A Canadian on the ground in different parts of the world, whether they're a diplomat, an aid worker, or a soldier, has an extraordinary, powerful impact.