Tzipi Livni Quotes

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.

I'm not ready to be that guy who can meet with world leaders and all that. It's tremendous what Bono does. I don't know if I could do it, not the way he does. I don't think many people could.

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.

President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship.

Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

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.

I think it's fair to say that diplomacy today requires much more of that if you're the United States of America than it did 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago.

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

Condi Rice talks tough but she cannot be tough herself.

Richard Holbrooke is known for many things, but I will remember him as an impressive, sometimes even intimidating diplomat who understood the value of culture in diplomacy.

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.

Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

In foreign policy, there are times when speaking with one voice - and it doesn't have to be mine - allows us to engage better on issues, and enables us to do things more effectively.

We have generals working on worst-case scenarios; we need statesmen on best cases.

We won’t be very successful with the Chinese leadership [on human rights issues] if we’re in their face all the time.

There is no area where experience matters more than in war and diplomacy.

War is too serious a matter to be entrusted to generals.

The President spoke loudly but carried a small stick.

Dr. Kissinger is a man you can talk to.

Diplomacy, is persuasion in the shadow of power.

It is very much because of him that for the last 30 years there has not been a war with Israel. He would not waste the lives of his young men in a senseless war. For that I have great respect for him.

For foreign policy it is necessary to have men who inspire confidence.

Israel must win every single war that it fights. Our enemies only have to win one war.

Diplomacy is important, extremely important, and I don't think these reductions at the State Department are appropriate because many times diplomacy is a lot more effective - and cert cheaper - than military engagement.

Americans must place greater emphasis on the more subtle dimensions of national power, such as innovation, education, the balance of force and diplomacy, and the quality of political leadership.