Quotes about diplomacy

Diplomacy is the art of saying “Nice doggie” until you can find a rock. (Will Rogers)

The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy – give one and take ten. (Mark Twain)

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. (Will Durant)

Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue, by the cleverness of arts, the objectives which they would have to gain more clumsily by means of war. ( Randolph Bourne)

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. ( Charles de Gaulle)

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age. (Robert Frost)

I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly invented at some time in history when torture was considered a reasonable alternative to diplomacy. (Anna Quindlen)

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me. (Di Cavour)

International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smouldering one. (Ambrose Bierce)

I never refuse. I contradict. I sometimes forget. (Benjamin Disraeli)

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