"I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we are conducting diplomacy."

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

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too."

Anne Lamott, American Author

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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

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

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"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

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

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Diplomacy, Tongue, Language, Silence

"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

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

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian Novelist

Diplomacy, War, Peace, Conflict, Resolution

"They enlarged the domains of commerce by treaties with all nations, upon the great principle of equal justice to all nations, and special favors to none."

Robert Toombs, American Politician

Diplomacy, Commerce, Favors, Justice, Nations

"We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble with such big stakes in diplomacy without having your master card in your hand."

Henry L. Stimson, American Statesman

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"We know that there are various activities important to the insurgents in Iraq that are occurring in Syria."

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"No, the United States does not target civilians."

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"The United States has some people in Europe with whom we disagree on this matter and a large number of people in Europe, including governments in Europe, with whom we agree."

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"There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade."

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"If you live in Israel and you see the way life is there and then you go abroad and see the way Israel is reported on, the way that Israel gets reported on night after night is simply pictures of bombings or military actions."

Life

"Though public pronouncements of Israeli officials emphasize peace and mutuality, unilateralism actually drives Israeli actions."

Peace

"Well we are hoping that the power of the community of free nations is such that our sovereignty our rights are not going to be challenged by anybody who's going try to undermine the freedom, the openness of our societies and our security."

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

"You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too."

"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."

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

"They enlarged the domains of commerce by treaties with all nations, upon the great principle of equal justice to all nations, and special favors to none."

"We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble with such big stakes in diplomacy without having your master card in your hand."

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"I'm concerned about getting Iraq on its feet."

"I think the disarmament of Iraq is inevitable."

"I'm not concerned about weapons of mass destruction."

"We know that there are various activities important to the insurgents in Iraq that are occurring in Syria."

"No, the United States does not target civilians."

"The United States has some people in Europe with whom we disagree on this matter and a large number of people in Europe, including governments in Europe, with whom we agree."

"There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade."

"If you live in Israel and you see the way life is there and then you go abroad and see the way Israel is reported on, the way that Israel gets reported on night after night is simply pictures of bombings or military actions."

"Though public pronouncements of Israeli officials emphasize peace and mutuality, unilateralism actually drives Israeli actions."

"Well we are hoping that the power of the community of free nations is such that our sovereignty our rights are not going to be challenged by anybody who's going try to undermine the freedom, the openness of our societies and our security."