There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.

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I don't do carrots.

I don't do carrots.

We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or...

We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or...

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

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...

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...

It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.

It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When...

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When...

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but...

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but...

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

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

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

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...

I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we...

I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we...

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a...

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a...

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

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

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.

A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor...

A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor...