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Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
Isaac Goldberg
Consul. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
Ambrose Bierce
Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.
Andrew Young
There are a few ironclad rules of diplomancy 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
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.
SunTzu
A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages.
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When a diplomat says yes he means perhaps; when he says perhaps he means no; when he says no he is no diplomat.
Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.
My advice to any diplomat who wants to have a good press is to have two or three kids and a dog.
Carl Rowan, "New Yorker"
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
Caskie Stinnett, Out of the Red,
