Quotes by Diplomats

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned. Dag Hammarskjold
Peace Trials Progress Victory Few Defeat Relaxed Abandoned Pursuit Never Years End Errors Cannot Either Successes Setbacks
Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated. Dag Hammarskjold
Life You Duty Living Humiliated Others Only Gives Never Without Command Being Orders Your Right Receive Position
It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. Dag Hammarskjold
World Insecurity Safe Create Utmost Playing
The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them. Dean Rusk
Best People Listening Ears Way Best Way Them Persuade Your
When you solve a problem, you ought to thank God and go on to the next one. Dean Rusk
Thankful God You Thank God Problem Ought Solve Go Thank Next
Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Love Great Man Hero Great Man Only Contempt Glory Create Creates
Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road. Dag Hammarskjold
Will Before Down Right Road Eye Find Horizon Only Never He Step Road Taking Look Test His Fixed Far Next Your Next Step Ground Who Keeps Right
The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being. Dag Hammarskjold
Journey Destiny Longest Him His Source Quest Being Who Chosen Started
Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity, there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow. Dominique de Villepin
Responsibility Demanding Must Follow Road Uncontrolled Between Passivity Escalation
We cannot prevent hurricanes or earthquakes, floods or volcanic eruptions. But we can ensure that both people and communities are better prepared and more resilient. Miroslav Lajcak
People Better Earthquakes Ensure We Cannot Hurricanes More Prevent Both Volcanic Cannot Communities Prepared Floods Resilient
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. Abba Eban
History Men Exhausted Other Once Wisely Alternatives Behave Nations Us Teaches
Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives. Abba Eban
Men Exhausted Other Once Wisely Alternatives Behave Nations
My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics. Alva Myrdal
Life Ethics Philosophy Personal
The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because she has too much to blush for. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Woman Too Much Defiance Too Once Sign Shame She Because Blush Much Certain Bold Her
Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Nothing Believe Benefit Easy Something Facts Since Masses Arrange Always Eager
The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside. Dag Hammarskjold
You Better Will More Voices Outside Within Faithfully Hear Listen
Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold
Death You Will Find Seek Road Makes Which Fulfillment
Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. James Bryce
Justice Humanity Country Our Allegiance Only Also Owe Owed The Only Thing Which Thing
I've had a tough time learning how to act like a congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money. Joseph P. Kennedy
Today Time Learning Money Tough Own Spent Some My Own Tough Time Had Like How Accidentally Act Congressman
Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline. Madeleine M. Kunin
Work Time Family Woman National Down Every Every Time Out Find Boss Simultaneously She Because Arrangement Leave Leaves Maternity Falls Afford Childcare Notch Decline Work Out Workforce Paid Flexible Productivity Income Her Numbers
A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually. Abba Eban
Everyone Say Collectively No-One Individually Means Agree Believes Consensus
His ignorance is encyclopedic. Abba Eban
Ignorance His
Trust comes from deeds. Adolfo Aguilar Zinser
Trust Deeds
Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates. Dag Hammarskjold
Happiness Maturity Other He Takes His Child Granted Who Play Among Things
Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again. Dag Hammarskjold
Forgiveness Broken Made Dream Miracle Clean Answer Child Which Again Whole
While we are sleeping, two-thirds of the world is plotting to do us in. Dean Rusk
World Sleeping Plotting While Us Two-Thirds
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