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If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it
If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it
Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.
Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.
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.
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 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.
Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron.
Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron.
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue, by the cleverness of arts, read more
Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue, by the cleverness of arts, the objectives which they would have to gain more clumsily by means of war.
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
