Diplomacy is fundamentally working with people, bringing people together to deal with difficult issues.
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Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time.
Successful diplomacy is an alignment of objectives and means.
Diplomacy is like jazz: endless variations on a theme.
In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.
There is nothing fast or easy about diplomacy. I have no illusions about that.
Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.
Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.
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.
My career was always about working with people, and understanding issues and problems and helping them to solve those issues and problems. How you deal with people - that's what diplomacy is all about. So while I'm not a career diplomat, many of the skills I had seemed to directly translate into the diplomatic arena.
Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way.