Rex Tillerson Quotes

Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.

We cannot permit hostage taking to shape the foreign policy of this country.

Japan is running an ongoing political campaign in America as if it were a third major party.

The Navy and the foreign office had to find the argument to support the action; it was anxious work.

Mr. President, we need to be strong and firm, but that doesn't mean you have to commit political suicide.

I believe in much more diplomacy, not less.

The Mexicans bowed down when we talked about removing their foreign aid, and then they began cooperating with our country.

I suppose in John Kerry's world good diplomacy lets the boys in the bar finish raping the girl for fear of causing a fuss. Okay, that was unfair.

In most cases, cables are marked secret not because the U.S. requires it but because those speaking to us - the foreign leaders across the table - do. They are not keeping secrets from us, but from two other groups: their enemies and their subjects.

I'm not going into personal details of meetings I have with anybody, be it John Howard or President Bush or President Putin or President Yeltsin, in years gone by, whoever it may be, I'm not going into that.

War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.

During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy.

Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets.

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.

It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes.

The only way the French are going in is if we tell them we found truffles in Iraq.

Turkey can be a bridge to regimes and actions the United States can't reach. Turkey can talk to people the United States can't talk to.

I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts, and politicians violently denounce the politicians of other countries.

Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.

I've been dealing with politicians all my life. All my life. And I've always gotten them to do what I need them to do.

I might be an ambassador.