7 quotes found
“Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.”
“Peace commerce and honest friendship with all nations - entangling alliances with none.”
“'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world - as far I mean as we are now at liberty to do it.”
“An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth.”
“You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy or given up all hope of the Presidency.”
