#diplomacy

All war represents a failure of diplomacy. ↗

— Tony Benn

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Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests. ↗

— John Bolton

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All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means. ↗

— Zhou Enlai

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There is no diplomacy like candor. ↗

— Edward V. Lucas

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You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

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Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. ↗

— Will Rogers

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Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week. ↗

— Will Rogers

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Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week. ↗

— Will Rogers

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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

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We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations. ↗

— Mahmoud Abbas

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