"He accomplished wonders of diplomacy on the principle, never give way, and never give offense."

Diplomacy, Observation, Truth, Wisdom

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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

"British diplomats and Anglo-American types in Washington have a near-superstitious prohibition on uttering the words 'Special Relationship' to describe relations between Britain and America, lest the specialness itself vanish like a phantom at cock-crow."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Diplomacy, Relationship, America, Fear

"Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Diplomacy, Eyes, Will

"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

"Any negotiation has a limit. Otherwise, war is irrelevant."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Diplomacy, Negotiation, War, Truth, Limit

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"Between the happening of a historical process and its recognition by rulers, a lag stretches, full of pitfalls."

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"Advice to young Samuel Gompers that might apply in many other areas: "Learn from socialism, but don't join it."

Advice

"Books are ... companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of mind. Books are humanity in print."

Knowledge

"One English nobleman and statesman read and reread a particular work of literature because it was "the only book which allowed him to forget politics."

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"He believed that rank without power was a sham."

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"Why, since folly or perversity is expected of individuals, should we expect anything else from government?"

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"His only weakness was the habit of prophesying war within the next fortnight. George Bernard Shaw."

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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."

"British diplomats and Anglo-American types in Washington have a near-superstitious prohibition on uttering the words 'Special Relationship' to describe relations between Britain and America, lest the specialness itself vanish like a phantom at cock-crow."

"Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once."

"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."

"Any negotiation has a limit. Otherwise, war is irrelevant."

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"Between the happening of a historical process and its recognition by rulers, a lag stretches, full of pitfalls."

"William McKinley was a man made to be managed."

"The affair made men feel larger than life."

"The love of humanity does not prevent us from being good journalists."

"Advice to young Samuel Gompers that might apply in many other areas: "Learn from socialism, but don't join it."

"Books are ... companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of mind. Books are humanity in print."

"One English nobleman and statesman read and reread a particular work of literature because it was "the only book which allowed him to forget politics."

"He believed that rank without power was a sham."

"Why, since folly or perversity is expected of individuals, should we expect anything else from government?"

"His only weakness was the habit of prophesying war within the next fortnight. George Bernard Shaw."