It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble.

Quote by John Keegan

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Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of...

Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of...

I don't think that what's going on in Bosnia is political activity. It's partly political,...

I don't think that what's going on in Bosnia is political activity. It's partly political,...

Well, if they are trying to kill you, on the whole they're the people you...

Well, if they are trying to kill you, on the whole they're the people you...

The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually...

The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually...

If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.

If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.

We may have to have a geo-political regrouping or major geo-political changes.

We may have to have a geo-political regrouping or major geo-political changes.

The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a...

The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a...

I can't visualize the situation in which we nuke ourselves into extinction.

I can't visualize the situation in which we nuke ourselves into extinction.

I think that black Africa is extremely terrifying. Black Africa can become a maelstrom of...

I think that black Africa is extremely terrifying. Black Africa can become a maelstrom of...

It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset...

It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset...

Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.

Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.

The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the...

The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the...

I think to be shot in a mountain valley somewhere or other is altogether less...

I think to be shot in a mountain valley somewhere or other is altogether less...

I think Americans like the practical; they like the human. And I like both those...

I think Americans like the practical; they like the human. And I like both those...

The Islam of the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th century was a...

The Islam of the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th century was a...

I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily....

I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily....

There are certain wicked people in the world that you can't deal with except by...

There are certain wicked people in the world that you can't deal with except by...

Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues.

Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues.

Men killing other men really is an extraordinary phenomenon. Why does it happen? And how...

Men killing other men really is an extraordinary phenomenon. Why does it happen? And how...

Nobody should teach anywhere for 25 years, but I did.

Nobody should teach anywhere for 25 years, but I did.