All war represents a failure of diplomacy

Quote by Tony Benn

Topics: Diplomacy Quotes, Failure Quotes, War Quotes

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...

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...

Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.

Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.

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...

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 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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

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

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

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.

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in...

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in...

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,...

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.