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

Diplomacy, Whim, Will

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"It is easier to start a war than to end it."

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"The European organisation contemplated could not oppose any ethnic group, on other continents or in Europe itself, outside of the League of Nations, any more than it could oppose the League of Nations."

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

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"The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts."

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"The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state."

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"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."

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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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"If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology."

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"The ship of state is the only known vessel that leaks from the top."

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"In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion."

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"Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right."

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