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1 " How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print. "
― Karl Kraus
2 " Many at the State Department think its their job, not the Army's, to develop cultural and regional expertise and relationships. In such quarters, the RAF concept looks less like an innovative approach to global risk management than yet another military effort to replace diplomats with soldiers. "
― , How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon
3 " But people misunderstand warfare and think it is an end unto itself. But on the international stage, war is nothing more than another tool of diplomacy. If your country doesn’t have a credible, powerful military force capable of bringing pain, death, and destruction to an enemy, then your diplomats can’t get much done, because you simply aren’t powerful—there’s no threat of pain they can wield. That’s why the western Pacific island nation of Nauru doesn’t have a seat on the UN Security Council. Not recognizing this principle is shortsighted (no disrespect intended to the fine people of Nauru). "
4 " he was one of those diplomats who like and know how to work, and, despite his laziness, he occasionally spent nights at his desk. "
― Leo Tolstoy , War and Peace
5 " British diplomats and Anglo-American types in Washington have a near-superstitious prohibition on uttering the words 'Special Relationship' to describe relations between Britain and America, lest the specialness itself vanish like a phantom at cock-crow. "
― Christopher Hitchens , Hitch 22: A Memoir
6 " Journalists couldn't do their jobs overseas without taking risks, and the same is true for diplomats and intelligence officers. "
7 " Even we schoolchildren know that ordinary diplomats don't drive around in unmarked cars carrying Glock pistols. "
