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Tag Tag Diplomacy
There is no such thing as gratitude in international politics.
Arnold J. Toynbee A Study of History · 1934-1961

Quotes

“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”

John F. Kennedy · Inaugural Address of President John F. Kennedy, 1961 · Primary source

“A war postponed may be a war averted.”

Winston Churchill · The World Crisis, 1923-1931 · Primary source

“Confident and unafraid, we labor on—not toward a strategy of annihilation but toward a strategy of peace.”

John F. Kennedy · Commencement address at American University, 1963 · Primary source

“This is a time for action—not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery.”

Eleanor Roosevelt · My Day, 1935-1962 · Primary source

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