diplomacy

War is what happens when language fails.

Compromise is the essence of diplomacy; and diplomacy is the cornerstone of love.

Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggie!" till you can find a rock.

Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.

Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it. . . . You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

A diplomat is a man who says you have an open mind, instead of telling you that you have a hole in the head.

In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Diplomacy - the art of letting someone else have your own way.