Diplomatic Relations Quotes

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Alex Morritt
“As the 2018 World Cup Championship in Russia draws to a close, President Trump scores a hat-trick of diplomatic faux pas - first at the NATO summit, then on a UK visit, and finally with a spectacular own goal in Helsinki, thereby handing Vladimir Putin a golden propaganda trophy. For as long as this moron continues to queer the pitch by refusing to be a team player, America's Achilles' heel will go from bad to worse. It's high time somebody on his own side tackled him in his tracks.”
Alex Morritt, Lines & Lenses

Willy Brandt
“Wir wollen ein Volk der guten Nachbarn sein und werden, im Innern und nach außen.“

("We as a people want to be and become good neighbors, both domestically and abroad.")

First Inaugural Address as West German Chancellor, October 28, 1969”
Willy Brandt

Germany Kent
“Deal with people in a respectful, honest, and diplomatic manner and you will never have to be concerned about the way you handled a situation.”
Germany Kent

P.J. O'Rourke
“The French are masters of "the dog ate my homework" school of diplomatic relations.”
P.J. O'Rourke

Abhijit Naskar
“When faced by an international conflict, forget diplomacy, forget statecraft, forget strategies and policies and ask yourself, what would a human do in this situation, not a politician, not a bureaucrat, not a law enforcement official, but a human? The tree of diplomacy only grows thorns of war, not fruits of peace.”
Abhijit Naskar, Hurricane Humans: Give me accountability, I'll give you peace

Ryan Gelpke
“The United Nations: A specter of bureaucratic behemoth looming over the fractured landscape of international relations.”
Ryan Gelpke