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Diplomacy Quotes


"Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity."


"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."


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


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


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