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.
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Diplomacy is fundamentally working with people, bringing people together to deal with difficult issues.
Successful diplomacy is an alignment of objectives and means.
In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.
Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because she's had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy.
I think it's fair to say that diplomacy today requires much more of that if you're the United States of America than it did 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago.
There is nothing fast or easy about diplomacy. I have no illusions about that.
Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way.
To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
Diplomacy is like jazz: endless variations on a theme.
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.