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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's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.
A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.
Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree
Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree
Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? read more
Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.
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.
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
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.
We're eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.
We're eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.
Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie!" till you can find a rock.
Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie!" till you can find a rock.
