Andrzej Duda Quotes

A constructive approach to diplomacy doesn't mean relinquishing one's rights. It means engaging with one's counterparts, on the basis of equal footing and mutual respect, to address shared concerns and achieve shared objectives.

Surely diplomacy is needed when there is conflict, not when there is harmony.

There is an appealing moral clarity in dividing the world into friend and foe. But in reality, progress in international affairs so often demands working with those with whom we do not see eye to eye.

The United States is a strong and ardent ally of Israel. The fact of the matter is that friends can disagree. I think what's important is that world leaders are able to sit down with one another, have frank conversations and move forward.

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

A policy that can be accurately, though perhaps not prudently, defined as one of “peaceful co-existence.”

Our system will prevail but it must be tested by talk and trade.

We will be no worse if we try diplomacy and fail.

No two men ever devised plans of action to accomplish a particular object without finding that there were differences in their plans. That is peculiarly the case in international affairs.

Our Russian policy must not be dictated by people who have already made up their minds there is no possibility of working with the Russians and that our interests are bound to conflict and ultimately lead to war. From my point of view, this is an untenable position and can but lead to disaster.

lot of the uneasiness among Mexican leaders is because of the unknowns. Well those are to be determined and to be discussed and to be negotiated. At the end of the day, our neighborss aren't going anywhere and neigher are we, and we need to find ways to make it work.

Russia isn't going to start a war. They can't afford it. I think Mr. Putin can be dealt with if we stop screaming at him. You can work with the guy. You just have to know who he is.

We don't have to kind of be in cycles of conflict if we can find other ways to resolve these issues. We can do things that challenge the conventional thinking that, you know, 'AIPAC doesn't like this,' or 'the Israeli government doesn't like this,' or 'the Gulf countries don't like it.' It's the possibility of improved relations with adversaries.

Our adversaries must see diplomacy as their best option because war with the United States will force them to bear enormous costs.

Diplomacy is essential if we are to find peaceful resolutions in times of tension.

Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

If I could cause world peace by taking someone out to lunch, I'd go, 'Well, war isn't that terrible.'

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

If you treat China like a foe, surely she will become one.

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only in tasks of war. While we are yet at peace, let us mobilize the potentialities, particularly the moral and spiritual potentialities, which we usually reserve for war.

Our policy is to deepen the relations with all the countries in the world - monarchies, kingdoms, large powers - we want to respect all differences and have our relationships based on mutual respect.

I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.

Any confrontation, such as a verbal one with the United States, would be harmful for everybody.