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• Diplomacy: Lying in state. -- Oliver Herford
• DIPLOMACY, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• The rulers of the State are the only ones who should have the privilege of lying, whether at home or abroad
  hey may be allowed to lie for the good of the State. -- Plato (428-348? B.C.), "The Republic...
• wedgitude /wedj'i-t[y]ood/ n. The quality or state of being wedged.
• Sanity, n. A state of mind which immediately precedes and follows murder.
• bom.ni.science \bom-'nish-*n(t)s\ n : the situation, quality, or state whereby Bo knows everything.
• MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility.
  In diplomacy and officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility....
• Diplomacy: The art of fishing tranquilly in troubled waters.
• Diplomacy ... the art of restraining power. -- Henry Kissinge