FAO Quotables

"But being right, even morally right, isn't everything. It is also important to be competent, to be consistent, and to be knowledgeable. It's important for your soldiers and diplomats to speak the language of the people you want to influence. It's important to understand the ethnic and tribal divisions of the place you hope to assist."
-Anne Applebaum

Monday, June 14, 2010

Diplomat's Dictionary Daily Quotable- Ceremonies and Champagne

Diplomat's Dictionary Daily Quotable- Ceremonies and Champagne

Two quotes today since I neglected to put one in yesterday:

Ceremonies: "In statesmanship get the formalities right, never mind about the moralities."  -Mark Twain

Champagne:  "No government could survive without champagne.  Champagne in the throat of our diplomatic people is like oil in the wheels of an engine."  -Joseph Dargent 1955 (french vintner)



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