"Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest."

Diplomacy, Men, Fear, Interest, Self

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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

"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

Diplomacy, Truth, Tenderness, Soul, Humanity

"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

Diplomacy, Peace, Commerce, Friendship, Politics

"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

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"Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues."

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"The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need."

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"In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage."

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"Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals."

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"There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit."

Strength

"He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat."

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

"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."

"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."

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"Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues."

"The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need."

"Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities."

"Glory is fleeting but obscurity is forever."

"A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it."

"France has more need of me than I have need of France."

"In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage."

"Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals."

"There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit."

"He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat."