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

Diplomacy, Tongue, Language, Silence

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"It's proper and appropriate to remind the Chinese about what they get out of solid relations with the United States."

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

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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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"Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation."

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"There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished."

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"A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated."

Jack Ma, Chinese Businessman

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"You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy."

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"If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers."

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"Trotsky rises to give me his hand, then sits at his desk, gently allowing his regard to light on my person."

Georges Simenon, Belgian Writer

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"The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue."

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"Night when deep sleep falleth on men."

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"Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord pondereth the hearts."

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"His clear conscience is a result of a poor memory."

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"Productive prayer requires earnestness not eloquence."

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"Worry never climbed a hill worry never paid a bill Worry never dried a tear worry never calmed a fear Worry never darned a heel worry never cooked a meal It never led a horse to water nor ever did a thing it "oughter.""

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"Opportunity knocks but once."

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"It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection."

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"To improve your memory lend people money."

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