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

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

Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.

Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.

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

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

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

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

I never refuse. I contradict. I sometimes forget.

I never refuse. I contradict. I sometimes forget.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.

The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.