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"Furthermore, the Latin American nuclear-weapon free zone which is now nearing completion has become in several respects an example which, notwithstanding the different characteristics of each region, is rich in inspiration."

"Furthermore, the Latin American nuclear-weapon free zone which is now nearing completion has become in several respects an example which, notwithstanding the different characteristics of each region, is rich in inspiration."

Alfonso G. Robles, American Diplomat

Inspirational, Inspiration, Completion, Example

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"Where words can be translated into equivalent words, the style of an original can be closely followed; but no translation which aims at being written in normal English can reproduce the style of Aristotle."

"Where words can be translated into equivalent words, the style of an original can be closely followed; but no translation which aims at being written in normal English can reproduce the style of Aristotle."

Gilbert Murray, British Diplomat

Being, English, Style, Words

30

"If North Korea is allowed to maintain its nuclear weapons programs, other nations may well follow suit and some may buy such weapons from the North Koreans."

"If North Korea is allowed to maintain its nuclear weapons programs, other nations may well follow suit and some may buy such weapons from the North Koreans."

Robert F. Ellsworth, American Diplomat

North Korea, May, Nations, Weapons

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"If public opinion still endorses military action that's one thing, but if they wait maybe it will not. So it's not only impatience, but there are several other factors."

"If public opinion still endorses military action that's one thing, but if they wait maybe it will not. So it's not only impatience, but there are several other factors."

Hans Blix, Swedish Diplomat

Action, Impatience, Military, Opinion

30

"Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had the courage to speak his mind on the Internet is in prison because Yahoo chose to share his name and address with the Chinese Government."

"Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had the courage to speak his mind on the Internet is in prison because Yahoo chose to share his name and address with the Chinese Government."

Tom Lantos, American Diplomat

Government, Courage, Internet, Mind

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"A very considerable body of the German people live in America and propose to fight that Government. Bourke in his great speech last week welcoming the Belgian mission to Boston worked out the President's meaning with care."

"A very considerable body of the German people live in America and propose to fight that Government. Bourke in his great speech last week welcoming the Belgian mission to Boston worked out the President's meaning with care."

Shane Leslie, Irish Diplomat

Government, People, America, Body

30

"The whole nuclear thing is a terrible mess and it's hard for me to understand why it is that we, the United States, seem to be the only ones that are really particularly concerned about it and prepared to do something."

"The whole nuclear thing is a terrible mess and it's hard for me to understand why it is that we, the United States, seem to be the only ones that are really particularly concerned about it and prepared to do something."

Lawrence Eagleburger, American Diplomat

Nuclear, States, United

30

"I think that we have to do our job well, investigate thoroughly and then describe very honestly what we see to the Security Council. And some of the things might please people there and other things may not please the people."

"I think that we have to do our job well, investigate thoroughly and then describe very honestly what we see to the Security Council. And some of the things might please people there and other things may not please the people."

Hans Blix, Swedish Diplomat

People, Job, May, Security

30

"So interviews are a valuable tool, but under certain circumstances they'd be more valuable than others."

"So interviews are a valuable tool, but under certain circumstances they'd be more valuable than others."

Hans Blix, Swedish Diplomat

Circumstance, Circumstances

30

"We cannot pretend that reality is different from what it is."

"We cannot pretend that reality is different from what it is."

Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, Mexican Diplomat

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"We have to spend a lot more time training people to be good advocates of U.S. business."

"We have to spend a lot more time training people to be good advocates of U.S. business."

Lawrence Eagleburger, American Diplomat

Business, Time, People, Training

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"In a time of constrained resources we will have to shift emphasis. but not necessarily from the traditional Political Officer to the traditional Economic Officer."

"In a time of constrained resources we will have to shift emphasis. but not necessarily from the traditional Political Officer to the traditional Economic Officer."

Lawrence Eagleburger, American Diplomat

29

"From those few pending questions which the Commission would be called upon to solve at its fourth session, the most important one was the entry into force of the treaty."

"From those few pending questions which the Commission would be called upon to solve at its fourth session, the most important one was the entry into force of the treaty."

Alfonso G. Robles, American Diplomat

Force, Questions

29

"War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy."

"War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy."

Alva Myrdal, Swedish Diplomat

29

"My point here is I think international pressures of our acting unilaterally again are going to be such that the administration will say, well, we just can't take this on now."

"My point here is I think international pressures of our acting unilaterally again are going to be such that the administration will say, well, we just can't take this on now."

Lawrence Eagleburger, American Diplomat

Acting, Now, Will

29

"It is doubtless one of Aristotle's great services that he conceived so clearly the truth that literature is a thing that grows and has a history."

"It is doubtless one of Aristotle's great services that he conceived so clearly the truth that literature is a thing that grows and has a history."

Gilbert Murray, British Diplomat

History, Truth, Literature

28

"I think, like many others, I realized that only the massive introduction of American support in one form or another, could possibly bring about a rehabilitation of the economies of those countries within a reasonable time."

"I think, like many others, I realized that only the massive introduction of American support in one form or another, could possibly bring about a rehabilitation of the economies of those countries within a reasonable time."

David Bruce, American Diplomat

Time, Countries, Support

28

"War is murder. And the military preparations now being made for a potential major confrontation are aimed at collective murder. In a nuclear age the victims would be numbered by the millions. This naked truth must be faced."

"War is murder. And the military preparations now being made for a potential major confrontation are aimed at collective murder. In a nuclear age the victims would be numbered by the millions. This naked truth must be faced."

Alva Myrdal, Swedish Diplomat

Age, War, Truth, Being

28

"Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back."

"Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back."

Dominique de Villepin, French Diplomat

Politics, Americans, Right

28

"Now the idea about taking people abroad is that if they come over to Cyprus, which we have in mind, and bring their families and would have the possibility to defect after they would be ready to speak their mind, well I hope so."

"Now the idea about taking people abroad is that if they come over to Cyprus, which we have in mind, and bring their families and would have the possibility to defect after they would be ready to speak their mind, well I hope so."

Hans Blix, Swedish Diplomat

People, Idea, Hope, Possibility

28

"Any Mexican, would recognise that Mexico was abused, undervalued and downgraded in international circles, most of all by the United States."

"Any Mexican, would recognise that Mexico was abused, undervalued and downgraded in international circles, most of all by the United States."

Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, Mexican Diplomat

Politics, States, United

28

"The State Department desperately needs to be vigorously harnessed. It has too big a role to play in the formulation of foreign policy, and foreign policy is too important to be left up to foreign service officers."

"The State Department desperately needs to be vigorously harnessed. It has too big a role to play in the formulation of foreign policy, and foreign policy is too important to be left up to foreign service officers."

Evan G. Galbraith, American Diplomat

Policy, Foreignpolicy, Needs, Play

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"To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up."

"To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up."

Ralph Bunche, American Diplomat

Work, Persistence, Tenacity

27

"Security is something that serves Israeli interests and Palestinian interests. You have a common threat and you have a common enemy and it's important to deal with that as partners."

"Security is something that serves Israeli interests and Palestinian interests. You have a common threat and you have a common enemy and it's important to deal with that as partners."

Dennis Ross, American Diplomat

Enemy, Security

27

"Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms."

"Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms."

Hans Blix, Swedish Diplomat

Environment, Environmental

27

"Right, well I am, I was a career diplomat for 37 years from 1960 until 1997 during the early 1980s from 1981 to 1985 I was the United States Ambassador to Honduras."

"Right, well I am, I was a career diplomat for 37 years from 1960 until 1997 during the early 1980s from 1981 to 1985 I was the United States Ambassador to Honduras."

John Negroponte, American Diplomat

Career, Right, States, United

27

"Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for comfort or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. He is a dangerous uncomfortable enemy, because his body, which you can always conquer, gives you little purchase upon his soul."

"Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for comfort or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. He is a dangerous uncomfortable enemy, because his body, which you can always conquer, gives you little purchase upon his soul."

Gilbert Murray, British Diplomat

Soul, Body, Comfort, Enemy

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"If we had made it clear from the very beginning that we were not going to tolerate another nuclear power on the face of the earth, and had done it in Korea, where we could have accomplished it militarily, if necessary, I would put a stop to it and would have put a stop to it there."

"If we had made it clear from the very beginning that we were not going to tolerate another nuclear power on the face of the earth, and had done it in Korea, where we could have accomplished it militarily, if necessary, I would put a stop to it and would have put a stop to it there."

Lawrence Eagleburger, American Diplomat

Power, Beginning, Earth

27

"Well my briefing was that Honduras was a small and vulnerable country just back on the path towards democracy it was about to have just before I arrived, the first elections for a civilian president in more than 9 years."

"Well my briefing was that Honduras was a small and vulnerable country just back on the path towards democracy it was about to have just before I arrived, the first elections for a civilian president in more than 9 years."

John Negroponte, American Diplomat

Nation, Country, Democracy, Elections, First

27

"I would like to tell our American, British and Spanish friends that the Iraqi crisis is not a problem between the United States and France, but between those who want to move forward in the logic of war and the international community."

"I would like to tell our American, British and Spanish friends that the Iraqi crisis is not a problem between the United States and France, but between those who want to move forward in the logic of war and the international community."

Dominique de Villepin, French Diplomat

Friendship, War, American, Community, Crisis

26

"The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did not have any nuclear weapons and their decision was not doubted because it was the end of the Cold War, it was also the end of apartheid."

"The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did not have any nuclear weapons and their decision was not doubted because it was the end of the Cold War, it was also the end of apartheid."

Hans Blix, Swedish Diplomat

War, Decision, End, Weapons

26

"There is a natural partnership between State and Commerce, and the American business community to work together to educate the United States about marketing overseas."

"There is a natural partnership between State and Commerce, and the American business community to work together to educate the United States about marketing overseas."

Lawrence Eagleburger, American Diplomat

Business, Work, Commerce

26

"The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free world."

"The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free world."

Ralph Bunche, American Diplomat

Hope, Nations, United, World

26

"It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them."

"It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them."

Alva Myrdal, Swedish Diplomat

People, Countries, Importance

26

"We have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts."

"We have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts."

April Glaspie, American Diplomat

26

"We must advertise to U.S. business that we are there, that our attitude has changed, and that we care. When we are asked to help, we have to perform and provide the right advice."

"We must advertise to U.S. business that we are there, that our attitude has changed, and that we care. When we are asked to help, we have to perform and provide the right advice."

Lawrence Eagleburger, American Diplomat

Attitude, Business, Advice, Care

26

"Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians."

"Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians."

Chester Bowles, American Diplomat

Government, Politicians

25

"It is difficult sharing and capturing so many years of memories and the people behind the words-and even though that guest book can speak volumes, in between, the pages remain so silent."

"It is difficult sharing and capturing so many years of memories and the people behind the words-and even though that guest book can speak volumes, in between, the pages remain so silent."

Eugenie Anderson, American Diplomat

People, Guest, Memories, Sharing

25

"If you should see any Indians you will oblige me by repeating this prohibition to them."

"If you should see any Indians you will oblige me by repeating this prohibition to them."

Benjamin Hawkins, American Diplomat

Authority, Prohibition, Will

25

"Look at Mexico. We need to make that government better and end the corruption. If people have a better life in their country, they won't come over here."

"Look at Mexico. We need to make that government better and end the corruption. If people have a better life in their country, they won't come over here."

Tony Garza, American Diplomat

Government, Life, People, Corruption

24

"I think people took Grenada for what it turned out to be, which was a very specific incident and from which one couldn't necessarily make a lot of generalizations."

"I think people took Grenada for what it turned out to be, which was a very specific incident and from which one couldn't necessarily make a lot of generalizations."

John Negroponte, American Diplomat

23

"Production is the only answer to inflation."

"Production is the only answer to inflation."

Chester Bowles, American Diplomat

Economy, Inflation, Production

23

"There was the situation in Nicaragua where the Sandinistas had taken over a couple of years earlier. There was a civil war going on in El Salvador and there was a similar situation in Guatemala. So Honduras was in a rather precarious geographic position indeed."

"There was the situation in Nicaragua where the Sandinistas had taken over a couple of years earlier. There was a civil war going on in El Salvador and there was a similar situation in Guatemala. So Honduras was in a rather precarious geographic position indeed."

John Negroponte, American Diplomat

23

"The real duties of an ambassador are to enter into or follow negotiations between his own government and that of the country to which he is accredited."

"The real duties of an ambassador are to enter into or follow negotiations between his own government and that of the country to which he is accredited."

David Bruce, American Diplomat

Government, Country

22

"In the name of the United States and President Bush, I want to thank the Mexican people, President Fox and his government for their friendship."

"In the name of the United States and President Bush, I want to thank the Mexican people, President Fox and his government for their friendship."

Tony Garza, American Diplomat

Friendship, Government, People, Name

22

"Well, as a general remark, I would say that I was discouraged by the physical and economic conditions in continental Europe after the war."

"Well, as a general remark, I would say that I was discouraged by the physical and economic conditions in continental Europe after the war."

David Bruce, American Diplomat

20

"Personally I believe that the courses we followed for some years after World War II were enlightened, surprisingly imaginative and extremely effective."

"Personally I believe that the courses we followed for some years after World War II were enlightened, surprisingly imaginative and extremely effective."

David Bruce, American Diplomat

War, World, World war, Years

19

"My knowledge of the state of President Roosevelt's health was derived entirely from conversations, from newspaper articles and from photographs."

"My knowledge of the state of President Roosevelt's health was derived entirely from conversations, from newspaper articles and from photographs."

David Bruce, American Diplomat

Health, Knowledge, President, State

19

"There's always a great deal of business to be transacted in one's office. There are always visitors it seems to me, an unending stream of them, who come with letters of recommendation, or come actually on substantive business."

"There's always a great deal of business to be transacted in one's office. There are always visitors it seems to me, an unending stream of them, who come with letters of recommendation, or come actually on substantive business."

David Bruce, American Diplomat

Business, Letters, Office

18

"At Camp One we were met by Director of Public Works Warwick Greene, grim and grimy. He has been working himself to death to make this transportation plan a success."

"At Camp One we were met by Director of Public Works Warwick Greene, grim and grimy. He has been working himself to death to make this transportation plan a success."

William Cameron Forbes, American Diplomat

Death, Success, Public

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