Quotes About Diplomacy

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Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.

Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.

International sport is war without shooting.

Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.

'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world - as far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it.

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth.

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains, they drown in every drop.

A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages.

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

Diplomacy; the art of saying 'nice doggie' till you can find a rock.

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

The heart of a statesman should be in his head.

For the maintenance of peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks which forerun cannon-shots.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pinpricks that precede cannon shots.

We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too. We've fought the Bear before and while we're Britons true, The Russians shall not have Constantinople.

The best way to save face is keep the bottom half shut.

Soft words are hard arguments.

tact is the ability to deal with people sensitively, to avoid giving offense, to have a "feel" for the proper words or responses to a delicate situation.

There is a cold war on the go. America and Russia are competing for the hearts and minds of Indians, Iraquies, Nigerians; scholarships to universities are among the inducements they offer.

Let's try Your Excellency." Layla

As a mature and responsible nation, one of India's foreign policy interests is to evolve a regional architecture based on the twin principles of shared security and shared prosperity.

Our president needs to focus on other countries - North Korea, Russia, and everything else that's going on everywhere else. I promote it; I like Donald Trump. I get sometimes what he says, and sometimes he needs to quit on Twitter. He needs to get off of it and focus on what's going on everywhere else instead of what's going on in the NFL.