"Diplomacy without military might is like music without……" — Frederick The Great

"Diplomacy without military might is like music without instruments."

— Frederick The Great

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49 Quotes by Frederick The Great

Frederick The Great has 49 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It is disgusting to note the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects and the amount of…
The more I see of men, the better I like my dog.
Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer.
It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects, and the amount of…
My people must drink beer.
Do not neglect the principles of foresight and know that often, puffed up with success, armies have lost the fruit…
A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the…
Every man must get to Heaven his own way.
I have no fault to find with those who teach geometry. That science is the only one which has not…
If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.
Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character,…
Though I may not be a king in my future life, so much the better: I shall nevertheless live an…

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Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. — Dean Acheson
An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. — Walter Bagehot
All war represents a failure of diplomacy. — Tony Benn
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. — Otto von Bismarck
Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one… — Ambrose Bierce
Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests. — John Bolton
Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one… — James Buchan
Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy. — Madeleine Albright
For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America. — George W. Bush
In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid. — Lincoln Chafee
Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest. — Hillary Clinton
I think it's fair to say that diplomacy today requires much more of that if you're the United States of… — Hillary Clinton

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