Famous Quotes - Tags - Diplomacy

  • A diplomat these days is nothing but a head-waiter who’s allowed to sit down occasionally. More
  • An Ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country. More
  • An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. More
  • Consul. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is... More
  • Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated. More
  • Diplomacy is to do and say
    The nastiest things in the nicest way. More
  • Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power,... More
  • Diplomats lie with a heavy sense of destiny. More
  • Diplomats were invented simply to waste time. More
  • Friendship among nations, as among individuals, calls for constructive efforts to muster the... More
  • He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador. More
  • I wouldn’t think of asking you to lie; you haven’t the necessary diplomatic training. More
  • If a nation wants to live in peace with its neighbors, it doesn’t keep rattling the saber at them. More
  • If we’ve told lies, you’ve told half-lies. And a man who tells lies, like me, merely hides... More
  • If you are to stand up for your Government you must be able to stand up to your Government. More
  • Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace—but a peace I hope with honour. More
  • My advice to any diplomat who wants to have a good press is to have two or three kids and a dog. More
  • On the whole, I wish I’d stayed in Tunbridge Wells. More
  • Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died. More
  • Open covenants of peace openly arrived at More
  • Speak softly and carry a big stick. More
  • The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond to the modern idea of... More
  • The hand that signed the treaty bred a fever,
    And famine grew, and locusts came;
    Great is... More
  • The weaker the country, the stronger the smile. More
  • There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official... More
  • To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to... More
  • Were it possible so to accelerate the intercourse between every part of the globe that all its... More
  • When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a... More
  • You can be a good neighbor only if you have good neighbors. More

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