"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 is about surviving until the next century. Politics is about surviving until Friday afternoon."

"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…"

"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."