538 quotes by diplomats for you to enjoy

Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

You Reputation Gigantic Shadow Follows Proportion Like Precedes

Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians. Chester Bowles

Government Important Big Politicians Too Left

Measuring success in cultural diplomacy - the use of education, creative expression in any form, or people-to-people exchange to increase understanding across regions, cultures, or peoples - is challenging. How does one quantify changes in attitude, abandoning stereotypes, or feeling empathy as a result of a performance, a film, a book? Cynthia P. Schneider

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Through the potent example of his own life, President Obama enabled us to believe the best about America, and, therefore, about ourselves. That uplifting narrative - essentially equating the promise of America with his extraordinary life story - swept candidate Obama into the presidency. Cynthia P. Schneider

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During his brilliant campaign, President Obama wove a powerful narrative about the American we all hope for. And that hope was grounded in a very powerful reality: President Obama's own inspiring life story. Cynthia P. Schneider

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Washington was taken by surprise by the Egyptian revolution because policy experts focused too much on Mubarak and his government, and too little on the 'voice of the people.' Cynthia P. Schneider

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A free and democratic Arab world aligns with America's security interests. Cynthia P. Schneider

World Free Arab Arab World Security Democratic America Interests

The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran all contribute to core goals of U.S. policy in those countries. Cynthia P. Schneider

Business Goals Diplomacy Strategy Programs Those Countries Most Policy Cultural Iran Contribute Afghanistan Egypt Interactions Successful Basic Core

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. Dag Hammarskjold

Busy More Leisure

I never discuss discussions. Dag Hammarskjold

Never Discuss Discussions

I thought that in general we in the United States were too optimistic in believing that the Soviets might alter what had been for a long time, as a matter of fact for centuries, fundamental Russian policies in respect to the rest of the world. David K. E. Bruce

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The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks. Dean Rusk

Old Kicked States More Gives Cow Just United Milk United States

Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state. Dean Rusk

Congress State Secretary Machine Member Give He Thinks

One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them. Dean Rusk

Best Listening Others Ears Ways Them Persuade Your

Successful diplomacy is an alignment of objectives and means. Dennis Ross

Diplomacy Alignment Objectives Successful Means

It has been an honor to work in the Obama Administration and to serve this President, particularly during a period of unprecedented change in the broader Middle East. Obviously, there is still work to do but I promised my wife I would return to government for only two years and we both agreed it is time to act on my promise. Dennis Ross

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There are consequences if you act militarily, and there's big consequences if you don't act. Dennis Ross

You Big Consequences Act

You don't have any communication between the Israelis and the Iranians. You have all sorts of local triggers for conflict. Having countries act on a hair trigger - where they can't afford to be second to strike - the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high. Dennis Ross

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If there were an election today, Netanyahu would win. Yet, his standing in the polls is also a reflection of the weakness of Ehud Olmert, the current prime minister - who stands at 2 percent in a recent poll - and the enduring weaknesses of the Labor Party. Dennis Ross

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Overwhelmingly, Israel's political and military establishment want the rest of the world to act diplomatically or otherwise to stop Iran. But if that doesn't happen, then the impulse toward the use of force will become quite strong. Dennis Ross

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