Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

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.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

A diplomat is a man who remembers a lady's birthday but forgets her age.

A diplomat is a man who remembers a lady's birthday but forgets her age.

American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.

American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.

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.

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.

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.