DIPLOMACY QUOTES

"Mankind's

greatest achievements

have come about

by talking

and its greatest failures

by not talking.

It doesn’t have

to be like this."

— Stephen Hawking

"Unfortunately,

diplomacy was a dance

I needed to learn."

— Maria V. Snyder

"To say nothing,

especially when

speaking,

is half

the art of diplomacy."

— Will Durant

"Diplomacy is about

dealing with those

you rather avoid."

— Karen Traviss

"A wise old man

taught me that diplomacy

is the velvet glove

that cloaks

the fist of power.

Persuasion, not force,

works best

and lasts longest."

— Robin Hobb

"Intellectuals

analyze

the operations of

international systems;

statesmen build them."

— Henry Kissinger

"All war represents

a failure of diplomacy."

— Tony Benn

"Be a craftsman

in speech

that thou mayest

be strong,

for the strength of one

is the tongue,

and speech is mightier

than all fighting."

— Ptah-Hotep

"Diplomacy's

primary law:

LEAVE ROOM

FOR NEGOTIATION."

— Barbara W. Tuchman

"That wasn't English

she was speaking:

it was the language

of diplomacy."

— Kevin Hearne

"Father once said

the real language

of diplomacy

was in the space

between words."

— Roshani Chokshi