I must say I've rarely been described as 'diplomat.
How do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists, then believe what they read.
Even when I was at CIA, I'd go to visit foreign leaders and I'd say, 'You know, I'm not a diplomat. I'm just an old CIA guy'. . . I said, 'If I wanted to be diplomatic, I'd have been a diplomat. '
I will not comment on or confirm what are alleged to be stolen State Department cables. But I can say that the United States deeply regrets the disclosure of any information that was intended to be confidential, including private discussions between counterparts or our diplomats' personal assessments and observations.
Ive worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.
Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts, and politicians violently denounce the politicians of other countries.
British diplomats who worked in Iran during the 1980 hostage crisis are deeply upset by Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning film 'Argo,' which suggests they refused shelter to the group who managed to get out of the U. S. embassy.
Only professional diplomats, inveterate idiots and women view diplomacy as a long-term substitute for war.
American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.
I discovered that a diplomat's life is largely entertaining and meeting people. At the end of the day there's nothing. So I gave up.
Foreign diplomats could have modeled their conduct on the way the Negro postmen, Pullman porters, and dining car waiters of Roxbury [Massachusetts] acted, striding around as if they were wearing top hats and cutaways.
Diplomats operate through deadlock, which is the way by which two sides can test each other's determination. Even if they have egos for it few heads of government have the time to resolve stalemates, their meetings are too short and the demands of protocol too heavy.
All war represents a failure of diplomacy.
The Vatican has always had a core of diplomats for centuries. It has ambassadors in 180 countries and always played a kind of behind-the-scene role in many world issues.
I'd like to think that the best bunker buster is a diplomat.
Right after Secretary [Rex] Tillerson was sworn in, four of the top career diplomats at the department were told their services were no longer needed.
All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.
If all the diplomats were kicked out, the UN could be turned into the finest bordello in the world and do just as much, if not more, for international harmony.
Fools are in great demand, especially on social occasions. They embarrass everyone but provide material for conversation. In their positive form, they become diplomats.
Amazing what the British do with language; the nuances of politeness. The world's great diplomats, surely.