Today's announcement projects a picture of profound weakness in U.S. diplomacy. It should not have been a heavy lift for our diplomats… — Tom Lantos Copy Share Image
Only men of considerable vanity write books; consistently therewith, I worried lest the world were exchanging an irreplaceable author for a more… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Madman drummers, bummers, Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat. In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
God, a born extremist, is the diplomat's worst enemy. Quite apart from the fact that His decrees are irrevocable, the Absolute will… — Regis Debray Copy Share Image
My family moved - first to Washington, D.C., and then, in the spring of 1975, to Lebanon, where my father worked as… — Greg Kinnear Copy Share Image
[Donald] Trump's incoming national security adviser, Michael Flynn, spoke on the phone with Russia's ambassador the same day President Obama expelled 35… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Can you imagine writers influencing things in America? Can you imagine a writer in England influencing? Absolutely not. And in France? It… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
I think my father thought I might be president of the United States. I think he would've been satisfied with secretary of… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
It seems strangely difficult for some to realize that here in Asia is where the Communist conspirators have elected to make their… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
The war is not going well and it is time to say why. It has been fought with half-measures. It has been… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
If the government were obliged to come to the people for money instead of vice-versa, the people would keep government under control… — E.C. Riegel Copy Share Image
I'd trained to be a diplomat but the state department said I was too liberal. I saw an ad in the New… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
One of the great things about the United States is that when it comes to world affairs, the president obviously is the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My view on global warming is that it's a gigantic financial scam to funnel money to these countries that think they ostensibly… — Don Imus Copy Share Image
It has always struck me as the world's great fortune that the two great superpowers were the United States and the Soviet… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Halt," said the elegant diplomat, "when you asked me to marry you, did you think we could just sneak off to a… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
Fools are in great demand, especially on social occasions. They embarrass everyone but provide material for conversation. In their positive form, they… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Diplomats operate through deadlock, which is the way by which two sides can test each other's determination. Even if they have egos… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The level of our political trust [with China] is also very high. We have similar positions on major international issues or even,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Aretha with no goals, eternally single & one step soft of heaven/ let it be understood that she owns this melody along… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
Diplomacy, of course, is a subtle and nuanced craft, so much so that it's said that when the most wily diplomat of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Paraguay has had a U.S. supermarket boss as its ambassador for a while. He did the job well. He was there because… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
And so it has appeared to some analysts and diplomats that the White House and us are playing as one team toward… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
Istanbul, a universal beauty where poet and archeologist, diplomat and merchant, princess and sailor, northerner and westerner screams with same admiration. The… — Edmondo De Amicis Copy Share Image
“Anyone who has had anything to do with the higher diplomacy is aware that diplomatic language stands in a class by itself.… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
Certainly Afghans in general and women in particular want a country in which security is a daily reality rather than a campaign… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
“They’re diplomats, Mr. Godwin. Their livelihood depends on trouble. When they find none, they must invent it, lest they be thrown out… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
The [Donald] Trump folks chose not to keep [Dan Fried] on. He was actually - I said he was actually the third-most… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
I really got deep into downloading music when I moved to the South and got a computer. So I was downloading the… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
Hillary Rodham Clinton was America's chief diplomat. So let's look around at the violence and danger in our world today in every… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
The Vatican has always had a core of diplomats for centuries. It has ambassadors in 180 countries and always played a kind… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share Image
Right after Secretary [Rex] Tillerson was sworn in, four of the top career diplomats at the department were told their services were… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
Diplomacy, n : 1. The patriotic art of lying for one's country. 2. The art of letting someone have your way. 3.… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as… — Vikas Swarup Copy Share Image
We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother,… — Shirley Temple Copy Share Image
Words are one thing - deeds something entirely different. Fine words are a mask to cover shady deeds. A sincere diplomat is… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
Diplomats bluster and bluff, but democracies don't really have that many tools they can use to push back, effectively, against the seductive… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
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