Diplomacy-quotes Quote by PN Haksar

“It's a time-honored truism of diplomacy that the most resented epithet is the one most accurately depicting the deficiencies of the recipient.”

— keith laumer

“Words are traitors, for language tends to impose more logic than there is logic in life, and that the most precious in us is…

— Anonymous

“Concealing, therefore, their pestilent doctrine by their specious and flattering discourse, they circumvent the more simple-minded and such as are open to fraud, nor…

— Pope Alexander I of Alexandria

“The sincerity of foulness pleases us, and rests the soul. When one has passed one's time in enduring upon earth the spectacle of the…

— Victor Hugo

A life spent writing has taught me to be wary of words. Those that seem clearest are often the most treacherous.

— Amin Maalouf

“Words have an immeasurable impact, they can either build or destroy so be careful of your words.”

— Gift Gugu Mona

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Words are seductive and dangerous material, to be used with caution.

— Barbara Tuchman

“Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.”

— Timothy Snyder

We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The English language is shot through with idioms and expressions which allude to violence without inciting it, most of which pass without notice unless…

— Geoffrey Nunberg

“Words have meaning beyond the obvious. Words have consequences beyond intentions. Civil words align risk and reward of such unknowns.”

— John R. Dallas Jr