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

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Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. – Will Rogers

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The more you observe politics, the more youve got to admit that each party is worse than the other. – Will Rogers

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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. – Charles de Gaulle

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I must acknowledge, once and for all, that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis. – Star Trek, Mr. Spock

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Diplomacy: The art of saying “nice doggie” until you can find a rock. – Wynn Catlin

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

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