Failed Diplomacy Quotes

Ten Presidents have tried to do something about Cuba and the statis is quo.

I am saddened, saddened that this President [George W. Bush] failed so miserably at diplomacy that were now forced to war.

Grand bargains area a bad idea. Grand bargains are usually sought by people who do not want to make any progress.

Patched-up diplomatic solutions designed to answer the needs of the moment rarely last, and as they unravel they can actually make things worse.

We were also going to develop relations with the current administration [of Barack Obama], but somehow they did not work out well in key areas and, I believe, not through our fault. I will not list all the problems that emerged in the past few years.

Let's face it, the U. S. mission in Somalia has changed from saving lives to saving face.

To be clear, I abhor the separation wall. It is an eyesore in itself and makes tangible the failed diplomacy and cruel short-sightedness that causes such misery in the region. No Palestinian can see that wall and not wonder if the Israelis mean it to stay there forever, a constant reminder of what they never intend to change.

The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.

The reason that our policy and negotiations with North Korea have failed so badly that is sane people negotiating with crazy people.

[I am] saddened, saddened, that this president [Bush] failed so miserably at diplomacy that we're now forced to go to war. Saddened that we have to give up one life because this president couldn't create the kind of diplomatic effort that was so critical for our country.

It's worth remembering George W. Bush, Barack Obama also came in thinking they had the magic key to better, warmer relations with Russia; those efforts ended in tears.

When you project weakness throughout the world, and you have a failed foreign policy, this is what you get. And now we have chaos in the Middle East, have ISIS taking over Iraq, Syria, Northern Africa, Egypt.

The era of strategic patience with the North Korean regime has failed. Many years, and it's failed. And, frankly, that patience is over.

China, I didn't take it seriously; it was a lack of professionalism. They delayed to send us a written offer - It was a disaster.