Lofty words cannot construct an alliance or maintain it; only concrete deeds can do that.

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.

Foreign relations are like human relations. They are endless. The solution of one problem usually leads to another.

The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

Consul, n. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.

There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going, When they seem going they come: Diplomats, women, and crabs.

Diplomacy is the police in grand costume.

The only real diplomacy ever performed by a diplomat is in deceiving their own people after their dumbness has got them into a war.

My advice to any diplomat who wants to have a good press is to have two or three kids and a dog.

Diplomacy is the lowest form of politeness because it misquotes the greatest number of people. A nation, like an individual, if it has anything to say, should simply say it.