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Unknown Author (top)
Diplomacy: The business of handling a porcupine without disturbing the quills.
- Unknown Author
When a diplomat says yes he means perhaps; when he says perhaps he means no; when he says no he is no diplomat.
- Unknown Author


Charles de Gaulle (top)
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
- Charles de Gaulle


Harold MacMillan (top)
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
- Harold MacMillan
A Foreign Secretary is forever poised between the cliché and the indiscretion.
- Harold MacMillan


Adlai E. Stevenson (top)
A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: Protocol, Geritol, and alcohol.
- Adlai E. Stevenson


Caskie Stinett (top)
Diplomat: A person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
- Caskie Stinett