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An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. - Wa

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. – Walter Bagehot

Other quotes by Walter Bagehot

No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. – Walter Bagehot

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Death
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Walter Bagehot
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other mens thoughts, to speak other mens words, to follow other mens habits. – Walter Bagehot

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Opinion
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Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way. – Isaac Goldberg

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If you are to stand up for your Government you must be able to stand up to your Government. – Lord Harold Caccia

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We have no commission from God to police the world. – Benjamin Harrison

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There are a few ironclad rules of diplomancy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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