"A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a tactful way that you’ll look forward with pleasure to…"

"DIPLOMACY, n. The patriotic art of lying for one’s country."

"'You're in America now' I said. 'Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the oth…"

"It occurred to me a long time ago, Mr. Lastogne, that diplomacy has very little to do with making friends."

"Assassination is just diplomacy by other means."

"I could only read the delay as a dramatic pause. Theatrics. Or diplomacy; wise men throughout history had already not…"

"His smile was the wholly unpersuasive kind that only a professional diplomat could carve. Damned if there wasn’t some…"

"Mr. Scott: Diplomats. The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank."

"It would be some time before I fully realized that the United States sees little need for diplomacy; power is enough.…"

"Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself."