Diplomacy Quotes

The Communist leaders respect only firmness and have contempt for persons who continually give in to them.

The sea is a lonely and hostile place, Captain, ' Jansen said coldly. 'It is always best not to make enemies of those who might be your friends. You never know when your ships may cross

I think there is a substantial difference between hypocrisy and diplomacy: hypocrisy is not saying things, diplomacy is knowing how to say things.

A diplomat is a man who remembers a lady's birthday but forgets her age.

When a diplomat says yes he means perhaps when he says perhaps he means no when he says no he is no diplomat.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth and they never believe me.

Diplomacy is to do and say The nastiest thing in the nicest way.

If a person has no delicacy he has you in his power.

Tact is the intelligence of the heart.

Silence is not always tact and it is tact that is golden not silence.

A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages.

Diplomacy the art of saying 'nice doggie' till you can find a rock.

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.

The soft power of science has the potential to reshape global diplomacy.

For many years, Myanmar's leadership was largely shut out from the world of international diplomacy.

New kinds of heroics need to be celebrated - like love, thoughtfulness, forgiveness, diplomacy - or we're not going to get there.