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A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.
Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.
If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it
If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whims.
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whims.
American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.
American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.
Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.
Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.
All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.
He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.
He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.