Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Quote by Will Rogers

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I can remember way back when a liberal was generous with his own money

I can remember way back when a liberal was generous with his own money

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their...

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their...

Diplomacy is the art of saying Nice doggie until you can find a rock.

Diplomacy is the art of saying Nice doggie until you can find a rock.

All I know is what I read in the papers

All I know is what I read in the papers

Politics ain't worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.

Politics ain't worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town...

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town...

The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that...

The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that...

Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting...

Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting...

The Democrats are going to change the name of the Hoover Dam. That is the...

The Democrats are going to change the name of the Hoover Dam. That is the...

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and...

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and...

Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.

Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.

Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.

Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.

You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new...

You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new...

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we...

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we...

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in...

A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in...

For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.

For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.