How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

Be polite write diplomatically even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Before I got Doctor Who I went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I went back to take the final grade exam which is the grade you have to take before you can take the teacher's diploma.

We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction.

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.

English once accepted as an international language is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science.

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.

A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.