#dip

When I handed over the names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union, I had come to the conclusion that the loss of these sources to the U.S. would not compromise significant national defense, political, diplomatic interests. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#cia #come #compromise #compromised #conclusion

People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it. ↗

— Roone Arledge

#also #care #daily #diplomats #must

I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#diploma #give #i #i can #you

Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#avoiding #diplomacy #doing #more #right

All war represents a failure of diplomacy. ↗

— Tony Benn

#failure #represents #war

I've got this old-school workout - push-ups, sit-ups, tricep dips. And it worked. Anybody can do this at home. ↗

— Valerie Bertinelli

#dips #got #home #i #push-ups

There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#discovery #involved #serendipity

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#diplomatic #diplomatic relations #divorce #relations #resumption

Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#achilles heel #dependence #diplomacy #economic #energy

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests. ↗

— John Bolton

#diplomacy #does #end #interests #itself