Diplomacy Quotes

Diplomacy is the art of learning by listening to what is not said.

Sometimes the art of diplomacy is to keep the obvious obscured.

If fine speech-making, appeals to reason, or pleas for compassion had the power to move them, the terrorists would long ago have abandoned the field.

A "no" uttered from the deepest conviction is better and greater than a "yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.