Diplomacy Quote by Tom Clancy

Frankly, most governments are used to lying to each other - to a degree that most people would find shocking. Part of diplomacy is…

— Jonathan Turley

diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

— Ambrose Bierce

“Sometimes, there is only a thin line between diplomacy and a lie.”

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

One tries to tell a truth, and one hopes that the truth has a general application rather than just a specific one.

— William Golding

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

— Vladimir Lenin

The gain of lying is, not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we speak the truth.

— Walter Raleigh

It takes two things to make a political lie work: a powerful person or institution willing to utter it, and another set of powerful…

— Rick Perlstein

If one cannot invent a really convincing lie, it is often better to stick to the truth.

— Angela Thirkell

Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie…

— John Dryden

Sometimes you have to lie to tell the truth.

— Robert J. Flaherty

Lies and truth are sort of like a poker game. You don't want to show anyone your hand, and sometimes you have to bluff.…

— Anonymous

Before speaking without knowledge, saying lies, you have to present evidence.

— Neymar