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Wednesday, 3 December 2008
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"As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests" (Vidal, Gore - Language)

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Browse Quotations about Diplomacy

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.
A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages.
An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
Consul. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.
Diplomacy is the art of saying Nice doggie! till you can find a rock.
Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains, they drown in every drop.
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me.
If you are to stand up for your Government you must be able to stand up to your Government.


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