All war represents a failure of diplomacy

Quote by Tony Benn

Topics: Diplomacy Quotes, Failure Quotes, War Quotes

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is...

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is...

We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define...

We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define...

The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's...

The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's...

Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.

Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is...

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is...

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.

It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're...

It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're...

I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a...

I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a...

Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.

Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.

If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library.

If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library.

A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There...

A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There...

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is...

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is...

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.

A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.

If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate...

If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate...

Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue,...

Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue,...

We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble...

We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble...

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...