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James Reston

"This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim."

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"This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim."

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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."

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

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