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

Diplomacy, Mother, Sacrifice, Gain, Ideology

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

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"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

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

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

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"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

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"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

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"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

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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

Diplomacy, Weather

"We've had some fairly intensive discussions leading up to these meetings between NATO and Russia, preparing for them, and it's going to be a very important six months for NATO."

Warren Christopher, American Statesman

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"My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out."

Success

"More than a decade ago, a Supreme Court decision literally wiped off the books of fifty states statutes protecting the rights of unborn children. Abortion on demand now takes the lives of up to 1.5 million unborn children a year. Human life legislation ending this tragedy will some day pass the Congress, and you and I must never rest until it does. Unless and until it can be proven that the unborn child is not a living entity, then its right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness must be protected."

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"There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."

Service

"If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen."

Love

"Someday, the realm of liberty and justice will encompass the planet. Freedom is not just the birthright of the few, it is the God-given right of all His children, in every country. It won't come by conquest. It will come, because freedom is right and freedom works. It will come, because cooperation and good will among free people will carry the day."

Politics

"Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."

Leadership

"Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources."

Wisdom

"Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty."

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"Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse."

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"We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child."

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