Diplomacy Quotes - Page 2

• Diplomacy is the art of telling plain truths without giving offense.

  Winston Churchill

  Art, Giving, Offense

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• Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power.

  Robin Hobb

  Velvet, Gloves, Fists

  Robin Hobb (2014). “The Tawny Man Trilogy 3-Book Bundle: Fool's Errand, Golden Fool, Fool's Fate”, p.3219, Del Rey

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• The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.

  William Howard Taft

  Sound, Dollars, Strategy

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• Diplomacy is like jazz: endless variations on a theme.

  Richard Holbrooke

  Variation, Jazz, Endless

  "Richard Holbrooke: A Consummate Insider Who Left Us Wanting More" by Stephen Kinzer, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 14, 2010.

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• English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science.

  Edward Sapir

  Latin, Language, Accepted

  Edward Sapir, David Goodman Mandelbaum (1970). “Culture, Language and Personality”, p.50, Univ of California Press

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• The practice of diplomacy, I have found, is sometimes like eating soup with a fork: much activity yielding little nourishment.

  Sheri S. Tepper

  Practice, Soup, Littles

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• Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way.

  David Frost

  Inspirational, Art, Women

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Follow your instincts, and handle all with respect and diplomacy.

  Rachael Yamagata

  Instinct, Handle

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, nicheandnook.com. November 3, 2015.

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• Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

  Will Rogers

  Funny, Hilarious, Sarcastic

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We are the greatest power in the world. If we behave like it.

  Walt Whitman Rostow

  World, Behave, Ifs

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• We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.

  Mahmoud Abbas

  Afterlife, Want, Path

  "Today" on BBC Radio 4, news.bbc.co.uk. March 01, 2005.

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• Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way.

  Lester B. Pearson

  Work, Political, Way

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• Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.

  Daniel Pipes

  Giving Up, War, Sides

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• There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Political, Politics, Accomplished

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• Diplomacy: lying in state.

  Oliver Herford

  Inspirational, Lying, Dignity

  Oliver Herford, Ethel Watts Mumford Grant, Addison Mizner (1906). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom...”

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• Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.

  Hillary Clinton

  Self, Different, Definitions

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• I know no diplomacy save that of truth.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Truth, Knows

  Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (1996). “Gandhi: Selected Political Writings”, p.43, Hackett Publishing

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  The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Crazy, War

  Sun Tzu (2015). “The Art of War”, CreateSpace

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• Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.

  W. Averell Harriman

  Names, Calling, Levels

  Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, August 1, 1955.

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

  George W. Bush

  America, Doubt, Credible

  Third Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 20 January 2004

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• Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Country, People, Office

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.34, 谷月社

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• An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

  Walter Bagehot

  Agents, Ambassadors, Spectacles

  Walter Bagehot (1877). “The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays”, p.188

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• History offers examples of winning in diplomacy after losing in war.

  Shigeru Yoshida

  War, Winning, Example

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• A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

  Robert Frost

  Funny, Happy Birthday, Growing Up

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• Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue, by the cleverness of arts, the objectives which they would have to gain more clumsily by means of war.

  Randolph Bourne

  Art, War, Mean

  "Diplomacy is a Disguised War: Obama’s Diplomatic 'Sleight-of-hand'" by Peter Fay, www.globalresearch.ca. March 22, 2011.

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