Diplomatic Credibility Quotes

Our allies and enemies, and Mr. Wilson himself, should all understand that Mr. Wilson has no authority to speak for the American people.

If Ambassador Grenell is unwilling to refrain from political statements, he should be recalled immediately.

For an American President, setting markers and not following through runs through the international community like a virus.

Words matter in foreign policy—even empty words.

For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.

As an American Jew who loves Israel, I cannot support John McCain. He cannot provide what Israel needs most - a respected, credible, morally strong America.

Do we want someone as secretary of state that is somehow tainted in this Benghazi issue?

Nominating Susan Rice for Secretary of State is a mistake not just because of her Sunday show deceptions but because her tenure as America's representative to the U.N. has been unworthy of a promotion.

Putin does not lie. When he says something, he means it.

Mr. Secretary, I have enormous respect for your character and ability. You have preserved more international credibility for us than our policy deserves, and salvaged something positive from the excesses of an ideological and self-serving Administration. But your loyalty to the President goes too far. We are straining beyond its limits an international system we built with such toil and treasure, a web of laws, treaties, organizations, and shared values that sets limits on our foes far more effectively than it ever constrained America's ability to defend its interests.

Our president and secretary of state speak with great moral clarity but have no moral authority.

The president needs to be a force that is trusted in the world.

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.

The Iranian government still denies the Holocaust - so you can't take them seriously. And the Israeli government spreads rumours and disinformation about Iran - because it needs to for the creation of panic. I find these theological states - and in this respect, Israel and Iran are twin brothers - very, very dangerous.

When the president of the United States says he's going to do something, he needs to do it. That makes not only our adversaries more emboldened. It makes our allies more nervous.

The fancy term for what America has squandered in the past year and a half or so is legitimacy.