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All war represents a failure of diplomacy
All war represents a failure of diplomacy
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.
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.
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.
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
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.
To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.
Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.
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.