#diplomacy

Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means. ↗

— Dennis Ross

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Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#diplomacy #getting #kids #negotiate #requires

Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#i #like #prince #secrets #von

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

#diplomacy #power #restraining

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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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall take flack from both sides."- Unofficial UN Motto ↗

— Robert Lynn Asprin

#diplomacy #humor #motto #humor

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#concluded #diplomacy #exception #few #nothing

I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win. ↗

— Stuart Symington

#declared #department #diplomacy #i #i believe

Preemption is the right of any nation in order to preserve its National Security; however, preemptive war is a tactic, not a strategy. When used as a strategy preemption dilutes diplomacy, creates an atmosphere of distrust, and promotes regional instability. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#atmosphere #creates #diplomacy #distrust #however

Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#conversation #diplomacy #communication