Quote by Ambrose Bierce

It is not the ambassador, it is not the messenger, but the Lord Himself that saveth His people. The Lord remaineth alone, for no…

— Ambrose

Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on…

— Ambrose Bierce

CONSUL, n. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure and office from the people is given one by the Administration on…

— Ambrose Bierce

“Ambassadors are idiots who possess only one skill: outkowtowing one another at official functions.”

— David Mitchell

EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.

— Ambrose Bierce

An Ambassadore is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country, a news writer is a man of no virtue who…

— Henry Wotton

It is an ambassador's duty to stand up for his nation's foreign policy in any era and under any government whatsoever. Ambassadors are, in…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country.

— Henry Wotton

A man-of-war is the best ambassador.

— Oliver Cromwell

An ambassador has no need of spies; his character is always sacred.

— George Washington

The real duties of an ambassador are to enter into or follow negotiations between his own government and that of the country to which…

— Anonymous

“An ambassador is someone who thinks twice before he says nothing” - attributed to one of India's ambassadors in Argentina at the time.”

— Tony Leon