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.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the read more

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me.

... the patriotic art of lying for one's country.

... the patriotic art of lying for one's country.

Diplomacy: lying in state.

Diplomacy: lying in state.

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.

Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.

Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.