Diplomat: A person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip. – Caskie Stinett, Out of the Red, 1960 Category: Diplomacy
I must acknowledge, once and for all, that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis. – Star Trek, Mr. Spock Category: Diplomacy
Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. – Dean Acheson Category: Diplomacy
It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world. – George Dennison Prentice Category: Hope
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isnt being said. – Peter Drucker Category: Listening
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. – Thomas Jefferson Category: Politics
