"Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it."

Diplomacy, Fish, Nation

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"It is easier to start a war than to end it."

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian Novelist

Diplomacy, War, Peace, Conflict, Resolution

"The European organisation contemplated could not oppose any ethnic group, on other continents or in Europe itself, outside of the League of Nations, any more than it could oppose the League of Nations."

Aristide Briand, French Statesman

Diplomacy, Europe, Nations

"No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Diplomacy, Mother, Sacrifice, Gain, Ideology

"The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Diplomacy, Israel, Security

"Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Diplomacy, Alliance, Commerce, Nations

"The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Diplomacy, Home, Lie, Lying, May

"You weren't able to talk sense into him?"Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death."I see. You tried the diplomatic approach."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Diplomacy, Truth, Power, Inspirational, Happiness

"Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Diplomacy, Mind, Right

"A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Diplomacy, Tongue, Language, Silence

"You're in America now," I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Diplomacy, America, Humor, Power

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"If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve."

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"If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence."

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"It is easier to start a war than to end it."

"The European organisation contemplated could not oppose any ethnic group, on other continents or in Europe itself, outside of the League of Nations, any more than it could oppose the League of Nations."

"No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology."

"The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts."

"Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto."

"The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state."

"You weren't able to talk sense into him?"Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death."I see. You tried the diplomatic approach."

"Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others."

"A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages."

"You're in America now," I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer."

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"If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve."

"Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment."

"Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself."

"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."

"Nature is not human hearted."

"Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides."

"The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world."

"Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself."

"Silence is a source of great strength."

"If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence."