"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."

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"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."

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"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders."

Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman

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"Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets."

Albert J. Nock, American Philosopher

Diplomacy, Secrets

"We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Diplomacy, Nation, Respect

"It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

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

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Diplomacy, Alliance, Commerce, Nations

"To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Diplomacy, War

"I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we are conducting diplomacy."

Douglas Feith, American Public Servant

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"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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"Remember these, Sons! Truth presented with tenderness enriches the soul of man and enhances humanity in the process. A Franco-Cameroonian relation based on truth and nurtured with tenderness will be to the benefit not only of Kamerun and France, but also of mankind as a whole."

Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Cameroonian Author

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"When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income."

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"We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue."

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"Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good."

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"Philosophy begins in wonder."

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"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."

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"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."

"I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders."

"Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets."

"We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect."

"It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being."

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

"To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war."

"I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we are conducting diplomacy."

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

"Remember these, Sons! Truth presented with tenderness enriches the soul of man and enhances humanity in the process. A Franco-Cameroonian relation based on truth and nurtured with tenderness will be to the benefit not only of Kamerun and France, but also of mankind as a whole."

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"When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income."

"Democracy passes into despotism."

"We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection."

"Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history."

"Science is nothing but perception."

"The wisest have the most authority."

"We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue."

"Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good."

"Philosophy begins in wonder."

"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."