Quote by Will Rogers
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are to finishing it. You take Diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week. – Will Rogers

Other quotes by Will Rogers

There is two things that can disrupt business in this country. One is War, and the other is a meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank. – Will Rogers

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Banks / Banking
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We have plenty of Confidence in this country, but we are a little short of good men to place our Confidence in. – Will Rogers

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Election Day
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Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. – Will Rogers

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Integrity
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Other Quotes from
Diplomacy
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An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. – Walter Bagehot

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Diplomacy

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

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Diplomacy

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

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Diplomacy

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

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Diplomacy

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