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 principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy--give one and take ten.

The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy--give one and take ten.

Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot read more

Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot masturbate

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

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.

A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant read more

A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant will be bored, all but one mind underused.)

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.

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy read more

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.