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Diplomacy Quotes

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"When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home."
Winston Churchill
"When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home."
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"You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too."
Anne Lamott
"You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too."
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"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."
Nelson Mandela
"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."
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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."
Plato
"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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"Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest."
George Washington
"Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest."
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"I'm busy, you're busy, everybody's busy. I've got a lot I want to say to you, though. 'All right,  Pia told her. 'Hit me with it. 'First, I'm so sorry about what my uncle Urien did to you guys. I hate him, he killed my family, and we're going to cut off his head, and then I have to be Queen, but before that happens let's do lunch, okay?"
Thea Harrison
"I'm busy, you're busy, everybody's busy. I've got a lot I want to say to you, though. 'All right, Pia told her. 'Hit me with it. 'First, I'm so sorry about what my uncle Urien did to you guys. I hate him, he killed my family, and we're going to cut off his head, and then I have to be Queen, but before that happens let's do lunch, okay?"
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"Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it."
Lao Tzu
"Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it."
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"Any negotiation has a limit. Otherwise, war is irrelevant."
Toba Beta
"Any negotiation has a limit. Otherwise, war is irrelevant."
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"He accomplished wonders of diplomacy on the principle, never give way, and never give offense."
Barbara Tuchman
"He accomplished wonders of diplomacy on the principle, never give way, and never give offense."
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"Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity."
Albert Camus
"Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity."
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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."
Benjamin Disraeli
"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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"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."
Winston Churchill
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."
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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
"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."
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"The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts."
Ronald Reagan
"The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts."
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"Diplomacy's primary law: LEAVE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION."
Barbara Tuchman
"Diplomacy's primary law: LEAVE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION."
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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."
Rick Riordan
"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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"When people have a controversial opinion about an event or a prominent figure, it can significantly increase conflicts of interests that can result people to be socially excluded who don't share the same perspective as them. The way people can end conflicts of interests is to negotiate their conflicting views and unite in order to establish tranquility."
Saaif Alam
"When people have a controversial opinion about an event or a prominent figure, it can significantly increase conflicts of interests that can result people to be socially excluded who don't share the same perspective as them. The way people can end conflicts of interests is to negotiate their conflicting views and unite in order to establish tranquility."
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"No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology."
Ronald Reagan
"No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology."
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