Diplomacy Quotes
You know, I am a juggler and I never let my right hand know what my left hand does. I may have one policy for Europe and one diametrically opposite for North and South America. I may be entirely inconsistent, and furthermore, I am perfectly willing to mislead and tell untruths if it will help win the war.
In the field of world policy I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbour.
I wish to be Prime Minister and in close and daily communication by telephone with the President of the United States. There is nothing we could not do if we were together.
I have always thought that it ought to be the main end of English statecraft over a long period of years to cultivate good relations with the United States.
The reason for having diplomatic relations is not to confer a compliment, but to secure a convenience.
Battles are the principal milestones in secular history. Modern opinion resents this uninspiring truth, and historians often treat the decisions of the field as incidents in the dramas of politics and diplomacy.
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
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