Cyrus Vance Quotes

We have normal relations with lots of countries whose leadership we do not like..

As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine.

With European powers no new subjects of difficulty have arisen, and those which were under discussion, although not terminated, do not present a more unfavorable aspect for the future preservation of that good understanding which it has ever been our desire to cultivate.

Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.

My diplomatic position will not consist of going and kneeling down in front of George Bush.

I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis.

You can’t outsource diplomacy. You can’t do it unless you do it.

I believe in diplomacy; I don't believe in talking to... that talking to Iran somehow constitutes a concession or a favour.

By and large my relations with the US were good.

And so there has been a lot of diplomatic movement.

For 22 years, Bandar bin Sultan was Saudi Arabia's influential, irrepressible ambassador in Washington.

If you operate any kind of major diplomacy, you must run some risk.

It is doubtful if anyone could recount a single instance in which a rupture of diplomatic relations has ever brought any benefit to the government that initiated the break.

No Secretary of State can give constant personal care to more than a few problems among the global abundance.

We should not check American ideals at the door when we engage in discussions with other nations.

If the condition of our relations with other nations is less gratifying than it has usually been at former periods, it is certainly more satisfactory than a nation so unhappily distracted as we are might reasonably apprehended.

Japan had become a general object of distrust and misunderstanding; a fact not only deeply injurious to Japan, but very unfortunate for foreign nations, whose policy in the Far East is influenced thereby. It was the duty of the nation to inspire a spirit of confidence and good-will among its friends abroad

Iran is for negotiations…. This is the principle of Iranian Foreign Policy…. Iranians should make sure that the United States is not using pressure on Iran for negotiations.

Her coming here has meant more than anything else President Nixon could have done.

Nothing guides Russian policy so much as a desire for friendship with the United States.

I am confident the Obama administration will work professionally with any Israeli government.

My style in diplomacy is my style as a human being - I'm very direct and very honest.

Harmonious relations with a superpower like America should be a priority, but it does not mean that one should start begging from it.

We can pursue peaceful diplomacy with the Iranian regime while also continuing our maximum economic pressure campaign, while also defending ourselves... To say that it's a war with Iran or nothing is just a fundamental misunderstanding of how foreign policy actually works.

The U.S.-Israel relationship is so important.