diplomacy quotes

Britain is a Morris Minor country, but with Rolls Royce diplomacy.

-Anonymous
  Remark made during the Falklands crisis by a UN delegate,  Apr. Quoted in The Sunday Times Insight Team The Falklands War (1982).

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

- Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
  The Cynic's Word Book. Retitled  The Devil's Dictionary (1911).

It is a superstition of an antiquated diplomacy that there is any necessaryantagonism between Russia and Great Britain. 202

-of Salisbury
  Speech, London Guildhall, 9 Nov.

When diplomacy fails, we must be prepared to face our responsibilities and be willing to use force if necessary. Direct threats require decisive action.

- Dick (Richard Bruce) Cheney
  Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 24  Jan.

Megaphone diplomacy leads to a dialogue of the deaf.

- Baron Howe
  Quoted in the Observer, 29 Sep.

Gardening†is one of the most underrated aspects of diplomacy.

- George P(ratt) Shultz
  On the need to meet people'on their own turf'.Turmoil and Triumph.