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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Diplomats Dictionary Daily Quotable

Diplomat's Dictionary Daily Quotables:

Diplomacy: "Diplomacy is the application of intelligence and tact to the conduct of officical relations between governments of independent states."  -Ernest Satow 1917

Diplomacy, aim of, durable relations: "Diplomacy should aim, not at incidental or opportunist arrangements, but at creating solid and durable relations."  -Harold Nicholson, citing Cardinal Richelieu

Diplomacy, defined: "Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way." Lester B. Pearson, 1965.

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