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The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.
The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.
He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.
He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.
A diplomat these days is nothing but a head-waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.
A diplomat these days is nothing but a head-waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.
American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.
American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.
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.
If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it
If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it
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.
