Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

quote by Will Rogers
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Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

quote by Will Rogers
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To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

quote by Will Durant
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Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

quote by John Bolton
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A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never her age.

American proverbs
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In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known.

quote by Thomas Pickering
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Widowhood had done nothing to curb my smart mouth. So much for diplomacy.

quote by Esther Williams
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Diplomacy is the art of saying ""Nice doggie"" until you can find a rock.

quote by Will Rogers
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My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture.

quote by Walter Salles
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Spanish is the language of lovers, Italian is for the singer, French for diplomats, and German for horses.

Spanish proverbs
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This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war.

quote by Tom Daschle
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The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited.

quote by Tom Lantos
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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 in Out of the Red (1960)
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All war follow a demonstrate failure of difficulty diplomacy.

African proverbs
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A diplomat should be yielding and supple as a creeper that can be bent but not broken.

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

American proverbs
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Players have a great deal of flexibility when conducting diplomatic relations with their allies.

quote by Mike Simpson
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Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

quote by Dean Acheson
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Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

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Diplomacy is sometimes just the art of shitting the world in a discreet and elegant way!

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