#diplomat

Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth. ↗

— Arthur Goldberg

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They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world. ↗

— Anthony Holden

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A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron. ↗

— Joseph Stalin

#dry #iron #like #sincere #water

The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited. ↗

— Tom Lantos

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I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

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The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

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A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace. ↗

— Yitzhak Rabin

#essential #leading #peace #peace process #process

And so there has been a lot of diplomatic movement. ↗

— Mitchell Reiss

#diplomatic #lot #movement

It's interesting that there are only two groups of people in our country who are not held accountable for their behavior or decisions. One is exempted by the constitution, and that is foreign diplomats. The other, through a loophole, is HMOs. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#behavior #constitution #country #decisions #diplomats

I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's desire to avoid confrontation with China. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#avoid #china #confrontation #country #current