#diplomat

A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it. ↗

— Trygve Lie

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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations. ↗

— Gary Locke

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The big risk to British lives in 2013 is in Afghanistan. Our troops, diplomats and aid workers have made a big contribution there. But while there is an end date for Western engagement, 2014, there isn't a proper end game. ↗

— David Miliband

#aid #big #british #contribution #date

Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations. ↗

— Colin Powell

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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

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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I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me. ↗

— Camillo di Cavour

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Diplomats were invented simply to waste time. ↗

— David Lloyd George

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