Quotes About Diplomat

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.

Paraguay has had a U.S. supermarket boss as its ambassador for a while. He did the job well. He was there because he wanted to be there. Rather than the British diplomat who didn't want to be there.

Chamberlain's visit to Hitler today may bring things to a head or may result in a temporary postponement of what looks to me likean inevitable conflict within the next five years.

A man-of-war is the best ambassador.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Let others wage war. You, lucky Austria, shall marry.

Prince Felipe is the best ambassador for Spain: I have already told Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, minister of foreign affairs, that the prince should travel to the U.S. more often.

Spain is an important historical ally of the United States, and if confirmed, I will add to our more than 200 years of diplomatic history to further our shared interests.

Monsieur de Norpois is made to be ashamed of the fact that he expressed a different opinion. Proust did not consider that the diplomat might have changed his mind. We

I'm in the government to make sure that if there's an opportunity to make peace, it won't be missed.

I want to use the good name of my father George Bush to build a better relationship between the U.S. and China. There are so many misunderstandings and there is a lot to do.

he had saved his country with a pact negotiated with Hitler at Munich. He returned to England to declare, "I believe it is peace for our time . . . peace with honor." It was neither. At home, Roosevelt was in his second term, trying to balance the continuing need for extraordinary efforts to revive the economy with what he knew was the

Clifford Rutledge II was the perfect diplomat. He believed in little beyond his own career, some vague notions of international amity, and his personal ability to make it come about and to avoid war through the sheer force of his brilliance.

You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done.

As I said to Speedicut, it's hell in the diplomatic.

Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people.

A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.

A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.

A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages.

Since 2008, I have been a Foreign Area Officer specializing in Eurasia. In this role, I have served in the United States' embassies in Kiev, Ukraine and Moscow, Russia.

King Fahd was a man of wisdom and a leader who commanded respect throughout the entire world. He was a friend and strong ally of the United States for decades.

In order to be a diplomat, one must speak a number of languages, including doubletalk.

Rolf Ekeus, his appearance can deceive. He looks somewhere between an international diplomat and a mad professor. He's got that sort of shock of white hair and a slightly absent-minded way of speaking. But he's extremely sharp and very serious about power relationships.

My father's a diplomat. He speaks Russian.