Diplomats

DIPLOMATS.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

DICTIONARY’S
VS.
DEFINITION
Diplomacy: n. the art and practice of
conducting negotiations
between representatives of groups or
states


“ Diplomacy is the art of
saying ‘nice doggie’ until
you can ﬁnd a rock.”

- Will Rogers


“Diplomacy without arms is like
music without instruments.”
- Frederick the Great


“All diplomacy is a continuation of
war by other means.”
- Chu-en-lai


“The principle of diplomacy is give and take:
give one and take ﬁve.”
- Mark Twain


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“Diplomacy:the art of restraining power.”
- Henry Kissinger


DIPLOMATS MAY SEEM IRRELEVANT TO SOME


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“A diplomat these days
is nothing but a head-waiter
who’s allowed
to sit down occasionally.”
- Peter Ustinov


“Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.”
- David Lloyd George

“When an ofﬁcial reports
that talks were useful,
it can safely be concluded
that nothing was
accomplished”.
- John K.Galbraith


“International arbitration
may be deﬁned as the
substitution of many
burning questions for a
smouldering one.”
- Ambrose Bierce


“I must acknowledge once and
for all
that the purpose of diplomacy is
to prolong a crisis”.
- Spock


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“In the world of
diplomacy some things
are better left unsaid.”
- Lincoln Chafee


“ A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten
languages. ”
- unknown

THEY KNOW HOW TO SOFTEN BLOWS


“Euphemisms are unpleasant truths
wearing diplomatic cologne.”
- Quentin Crisp

DIPLOMATS ARE SMOOTH OPERATORS...


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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

..AT TIMES CRYPTIC


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..TYPICALLY PRUDENT


“Diplomacy is thinking twice
before saying nothing.”
- anonymous

.. OCCASIONAL MASTERS OF AMBIGUITY


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“A diplomat who says ‘yes’ means ‘maybe;
a diplomat who says ‘maybe’ means ‘no’;
maybe
and a diplomat who says ‘no’ is no diplomat. ”
- Charles M. De Talleyrand

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


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..BUT IN THE END THEY ARE
IN THE BUSINESS OF TRUST...


..AND ARE AWARE THAT FOR DIPLOMACY TO
SUCCEED...


..AN OPEN MIND IS NEEDED


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“Negotiating in the classic
diplomatic sense assumes
parties more anxious to agree
than to disagree.”

- Dean Acheson


..AND THE WILLINGNESS TO TAKE RISKS


“Let us never negotiate out of fear.
But let us never fear to negotiate.”
- John F. Kennedy


PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IS NOT PROPAGANDA


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DIPLOMACY IS A LONG - TERM PROCESS


"Diplomacy is about surviving until the next century.
Politics is about surviving until Friday afternoon."
- Hubert Humphrey


..A DIPLOMAT’S CREDIBILITY BEGINS AT HOME


“If you are to stand up for your government you must be
able to stand up to your government.”
- Lord Harold Caccia

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“Diplomacy is the patriotic art
of lying for one’s country.”
-Ambrose Bierce

“Diplomacy: lying in state.”
- Oliver Herford


“Sincere diplomacy
is no more possible
than dry water or
wooden iron”
- Stalin


..MAYBE THIS WAS TRUE ONCE BUT NO LONGER


TO SUM UP:


“War is failure of
diplomacy.”
- John Dingell


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