“All war represents a failure of diplomacy.”
“War is an absolute failure of imagination, scientific and political. That a war can be represented as helping a people to 'feel good' about themselves, or their country, is a measure of that failure.”
“Diplomacy is the inception and the end of war”
“When diplomacy ends, War begins.”
“A rejection does not represent your failure. It represents that you have a courage to try.”
“Only professional diplomats, inveterate idiots and women view diplomacy as a long-term substitute for war.”