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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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If America ever passes out as a great nation, we ought to put on our tombstone: America died from a delusion she had Moral Leadership. – Will Rogers

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You cant say civilization dont advance… in every war they kill you in a new way. – Will Rogers

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I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me. – Di Cavour

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

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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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