The gateway to compromise is not war, yet communication and diplomacy.
A diplomat is a man who can juggle a hot potato long enough for it to become a cold issue. – Vernon K. Mclellan
Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron. – Joseph Stalin
An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country. – Henry Wotton
Diplomacy: The business of handling a porcupine without disturbing the quills.
Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated. – Karl Kraus
It is a principle of diplomacy that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly. – Tom Clancy
Diplomacy never works. – Nadia Scrieva
diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one’s country. – Ambrose Bierce
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power. – Robin Hobb
If we think of nations as “actors” on the world stage, diplomats are the stage hands. – Gregory Adams
Tact – is a weapon of mass harmonization; it brings men of war into terms where guns have failed to yield a single grain of victory.
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