"So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs."

Diplomacy, Enemies, Example, Killing, Will

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"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

"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

"The close Turkish-Israeli relations go back to the late 1950s - military intelligence, commercial, more recently, tourism and cultural relations."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

Diplomacy, Politics, History, Power, World

"Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations...entangling alliances with none."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"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

"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

"The format's better because it gives us a much stronger hand to play when going to the North Koreans unified, with our allies and partners in the region, all of us saying the same thing: telling them their current course is unacceptable."

Mitchell Reiss, American Diplomat

Diplomacy, Play, Saying

"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War."

George Washington, American President

Diplomacy, War, Peace, Desire, Insult

"Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop."

Charles de Gaulle, French Leader

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"Men are punished by their sins, not for them."

Ethics

"Don't lose faith in humanity: think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick."

Humanity

"The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination."

Creativity

"In order to have friends, you must first be one."

Friendship

"Business, to be successful, must be based on science, for demand and supply are matters of mathematics, not guesswork."

Business

"The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia."

Change

"It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree."

Friendship

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

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

"The close Turkish-Israeli relations go back to the late 1950s - military intelligence, commercial, more recently, tourism and cultural relations."

"Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations...entangling alliances with none."

"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."

"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."

"The format's better because it gives us a much stronger hand to play when going to the North Koreans unified, with our allies and partners in the region, all of us saying the same thing: telling them their current course is unacceptable."

"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War."

"Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop."

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"Men are punished by their sins, not for them."

"Don't lose faith in humanity: think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick."

"The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination."

"In order to have friends, you must first be one."

"Business, to be successful, must be based on science, for demand and supply are matters of mathematics, not guesswork."

"The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia."

"It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree."

"If you want a work well done select a busy man: the other kind has no time."

"To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing."

"To have a full stomach and fixed income are no small things ."