Quotes by Diplomats

The life and liberty and property and happiness of the common man throughout the world are at the absolute mercy of a few persons whom he has never seen, involved in complicated quarrels that he has never heard of. Gilbert Murray
Happiness Life Property Man World Liberty Complicated Seen Mercy Few Absolute Throughout Never He Involved Quarrels Heard Common Common Man Persons Whom
The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters. Harold Nicolson
Great Marriage Treat Secret Great Secret Disasters None Successful Incidents
What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Political Debate Security Security Council More Council Takes Political Debate Than Effort Closely Problem-Solving Either Place Resembles
Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Democracy Equality Value Conviction Only Unshakable Equal Also Person Then Requires Who Each
Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse - and things won't get worse unless they get elected. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Unless Worse Democrats Get Elected Things
A successful entrepreneur can't be afraid of failures or setbacks. An initial setback can be a great opportunity to take a new and more promising approach to any problem, to come back stronger than ever. John Roos
Great Problem Entrepreneur Opportunity Stronger Approach Back Promising More Great Opportunity Take Failures New Come Than Any Afraid Successful Initial Ever Setback Setbacks
We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain which restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance. Joseph de Maistre
Guidance Wonderful Free Action Throne Scheme Divine Bound Most Supreme Supreme Being Without Being Which Us Aspect Flexible Beings Chain Things Universal
A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none. Joseph de Maistre
Constitution Made All Nations None Nations
Man may well have covered over and, so to speak, encrusted the truth with the errors he has loaded onto it, but these errors are local, and universal truth will always show itself. Joseph de Maistre
Truth Man Speak Will Local Onto He Over Well Always Covered Errors Itself May Show Universal Loaded
We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age. Madeleine M. Kunin
Age Blame Three Own Lazy Know Continue Years Condition Want Poor Poorest Toddlers
We must speed up the time table for fathers, brothers and sons to provide their mothers, daughters and sisters with the same opportunities that they give themselves. Madeleine M. Kunin
Time Opportunities Speed Fathers Must Table Brothers Give Daughters Sons Mothers Provide Up Sisters Same Themselves
The political environment we create matters because a disturbed person cannot always tell the difference between explosive rhetoric and explosive actions. Madeleine M. Kunin
Political Matters Tell Disturbed Environment Between Because Always Person Difference Rhetoric Cannot Create Explosive Actions
Difficult choices, unlike red wine, rarely improve with age. Richard N. Haass
Age Wine Difficult Unlike Rarely Red Red Wine Improve Choices
Unrestrained zeal to make the world better could make it worse. Promoting democracy must be undertaken with humility, care, and wisdom. Richard N. Haass
Wisdom Democracy World Better Care Humility Worse Must Promoting Could Make Undertaken Zeal
We cannot look backwards. What we have to do is raise our heads, look forward, roll up our sleeves and work. Roberto Azevedo
Work Backwards Sleeves Our We Cannot Heads Look Up Roll Cannot Forward Raise
My mother once said to me, 'You must promise to be happy; it is the greatest favour you can do to others'. It has guided me throughout my life. Stephane Hessel
Life Me You Be Happy Happy Mother My Life Others Once Guided Promise Must Favour Throughout Greatest Said
Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals. Abba Eban
People Believe Say People Say Individuals Many Chorus Consensus
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say. Abba Eban
Politics Experience Political Our Say Leaders Always Opposite Political Leaders Mean They Say
You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. Abba Eban
You Achieve Way Someone Without Getting Anything
I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender. Abba Eban
War History Surrender Peace First Think Vanquished Unconditional Morrow Victors Sued
Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss. Abba Eban
Me Men Rejection Arab Out Rush Tempted Miss Sheer Tragedy Governments Impulsive Lest Suffer Routine Suggest
The political parties have lost their loyalties. Adolfo Aguilar Zinser
Political Lost Parties Political Parties Loyalties
For us to accomplish our goals, it will be necessary to transform our political culture, to respect plurality, and to build, among ourselves, bridges and more bridges. Adolfo Aguilar Zinser
Respect Culture Political Goals Will Build Our Ourselves Plurality More Accomplish Transform Us Bridges Among Necessary
Mexico has never been anybody's backyard. Adolfo Aguilar Zinser
Backyard Never Been Mexico Anybody
Servants are not allowed to ask questions. They are only supposed to follow orders. That attitude has to change. But in order for it to change, there has to be radical improvement in the quality of the intelligence produced by the Mexican government. Adolfo Aguilar Zinser
Attitude Government Change Quality Intelligence Radical Follow Only Allowed Supposed Mexican Questions Improvement Order Orders Ask Produced Servants
I was never the diplomatic diplomat. Adolfo Aguilar Zinser
Diplomat Diplomatic Never
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