Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whims.

This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whims.

Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.

Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.