Quote by Walter Bagehot Download Open image “An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.” — Walter Bagehot ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
An ambassador has no need of spies; his character is always sacred. — George Washington Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country. — Henry Wotton Copy Share Image
“Ambassadors are idiots who possess only one skill: outkowtowing one another at official functions.” — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“An ambassador is a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given an office by the Administration on condition… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“An ambassador from any country is always conscious of the fact that he has a tremendous responsibility because he is the representative by whom… — Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Kate Otto, like so many in her generation, is committed to being a good global citizen and doing her part to make the world… — Ann Veneman Copy Share Image
But of all nations in the world the English are perhaps the least a nation of pure philosophers. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights - the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
The most essential mental quality for a free people, whose liberty is to be progressive, permanent and on a large scale, is much stupidity. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
Adventure is the life of commerce, but caution is the life of banking. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
Most men of business think "Anyhow this system will probably last my time. It has gone on a long time, and is likely to… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
The peculiar essence of our banking system is an unprecedented trust between man and man. And when that trust is much weakened by hidden… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
