#ambassador

It has been a privilege beyond belief for me to have represented the State of Louisiana in Congress and to have been given the blessed assignment of U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. ↗

— Lindy Boggs

#assignment #been #belief #beyond #blessed

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

#between #country #duties #enter #follow

There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#ambassador #before #came #generation #great

Shortly after we arrived in Baghdad, we had another conversation with the ambassador. He said that he wanted us to give him the timeline, because we had 90 days to get these prisons operational and transfer responsibility back to the Iraqis. ↗

— Janis Karpinski

#ambassador #another #arrived #back #baghdad

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#also #ambassador #simply #spectacle

For 'Around the World in 80 Plates' we got to travel all over, having what was like a cross between a culinary competition and races. And in each country we had a chef Ambassador. We went to London, Barcelona, Bologna, Hong Kong, Thailand, Morocco... It was amazing. ↗

— Curtis Stone

#ambassador #around #barcelona #between #chef

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#ambassador #longer #plays #who

An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country. ↗

— Henry Wotton

#ambassador #benefit #country #his #honest

I don't think it's rational for a country to try to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador in a restaurant in Washington. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

#arabian #country #i #kill #rational

When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this. ↗

— Townsend Harris

#been #come #countries #foreign #foreign countries