“The only real diplomacy ever performed by a diplomat is in deceiving their own people after their dumbness has got them into a war.”
Will Rogers
“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.”
Robert Frost
“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.”
“To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist -- the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.”
Oscar Wilde
“A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.”
Ken Ndaru
“I have no patience for those who lack diplomacy or reason. Nothing angers me more than an ignorant dullard, with little use but a stupid tongue. Find yourself in my presence with these awful traits, and you will be wishing; you had never met me.”
Enrique Vega
“We will further increase the transparency of the CPC's diplomatic activities and open up a window for people in the rest of the world to better understand China and the CPC through the party's external exchanges.”
Wang Jiarui
