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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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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

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

— Mitchell Reiss

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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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I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

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People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it. ↗

— Roone Arledge

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

— Tom Lantos

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