Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble.
I've worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.
A citizen is a political and moral agent who in fact has a shared sense of hope and responsibility to others and not just to him or herself.
It is a job requirement of U.S. envoys to El Salvador to be skilled in the art of the threat. And Aponte, named ambassador in 2010, is a pro. In particular, she's been tasked with making sure the former insurgent FMLN, which first won the presidency in 2009 and was reelected in 2014, reconciles itself to neoliberal reality.
The whole notion of an embassy is like 'The Other.' That's what makes Washington interesting.
Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
You know, a statesman is a dead politician.
It is neither the statesman nor the friend who is asking your help and assistance, but simply the man.
When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.