Diplomats Quote by Madeleine Albright

I was never the diplomatic diplomat.

— Adolfo Aguilar Zinser

I must say I've rarely been described as 'diplomat.

— Richard Armitage

It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible…

— John Keegan

I'm not always the most diplomatic person.

— Roger Daltrey

Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.

— Madeleine Albright

Events alone rarely provide much guide to the future.

— Walter Lord

In a chaotic world, U.S. diplomats will probably have even less contact with the people they need to reach.

— David Ignatius

The only real diplomacy ever performed by a diplomat is in deceiving their own people after their dumbness has got them into a war.

— Will Rogers

When our diplomats go abroad, they are surprised that they can't do the things that they can do here.

— Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Diplomacy is unfashionable in the world of knee-jerk reaction and the dogmatic sound bite on television.

— Douglas Hurd

Diplomacy can and will matter; little is inevitable in international relations.

— Richard N. Haass

The lesson of history is rarely learned by the actors themselves.

— Anonymous