Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.
Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers.
A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.
There is no diplomacy like candor.
Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.
Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.
Diplomacy is like jazz:endless variations on a theme.
Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets.
Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.
Diplomacy is fundamentally working with people, bringing people together to deal with difficult issues.
