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John Keegan: Diplomats
“It’s a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble. ”
John Keegan
World’s awe
The world looks with some awe upon a man who appears unconcernedly indifferent to home, money, comfort, rank, or even power and fame. The world feels not without a certain apprehension, that here is someone outside its jurisdiction; someone before whom its allurements may be spread in vain; someone strangely enfranchised, untamed, untrammelled by convention, moving independent of the ordinary currents of human action. -Winston Churchill, politician and statesman (1874-1965)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
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Literature is the language of society, as speech is the language of man. -Louis de Bonald, philosopher and politician (1754-1840)

Insult & Injury
I once met a man who had forgiven an injury. I hope some day to meet the man who has forgiven an insult. -Charles Buxton, brewer, philanthropist, writer, and politician (1823-1871)

Quotes & Asides
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I can’t understand it. I can’t even understand the people who can understand it. – Queen Juliana
—> What’s to understand?
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear. – Ferdinand Foch
—-> To acknowledge fear is to conquer fear.
Conflict Of Interest
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What is a conflict of interest?
Wikipedia defines a conflict of interest as outlined below:
A conflict of interest (COI) occurs when an individual or organization is involved in multiple interests, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation for an act in the other.
