Barbara Tuchman's Quote - Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres o

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Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres o

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism. – Barbara Tuchman

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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. – Barbara Tuchman

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War is the unfolding of miscalculations. – Barbara Tuchman

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The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard. – Barbara Tuchman

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We are the greatest power in the world. If we behave like it. – Walt W. Rostow

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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. – Sun-Tzu

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An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth. – Henry Wotton, Reliquiæ Wottonianæ

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Diplomacy is the art of saying Nice doggie! till you can find a rock. – Wynn Catlin

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