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This unprecedented step, led by the Department of State, recognizes the reality that Iran is not only a state sponsor of terrorism, but that the IRGC actively participates in, finances and promotes terrorism as a tool of statecraft. – Donald Trump	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
To present the nation with a choice between two deeply unattractive outcomes, vassalage and chaos, is a failure of British statecraft on a scale unseen since the Suez crisis. – Boris Johnson	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The Saudis have many fine qualities but statecraft and diplomacy is not one of their skills, they are really worried, frenzied and flailing around and it's very dangerous. Right now they are acting in a dangerous and reckless way. – Rami Khouri	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because it conditions the action and the thought of the nation in broad and important spheres in life. – George Will	added by anonymous 10 years ago
There is a schizophrenic nature in modern politics. A leader is expected to have a religious faith but he is not supposed to let it influence him in his duties. Somehow, the truths that determine everything else about his existence are not allowed to influence how he conducts himself in public life. Not only that, his principles are usually considered so personal that the public is not even allowed to know for certain what they are. This passes for noble statecraft in our time. It was once thought cowardice. – Stephen Mansfield	added by anonymous 13 years ago

This unprecedented step, led by the Department of State, recognizes the reality that Iran is not only a state sponsor of terrorism, but that the IRGC actively participates in, finances and promotes terrorism as a tool of statecraft.

– Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

To present the nation with a choice between two deeply unattractive outcomes, vassalage and chaos, is a failure of British statecraft on a scale unseen since the Suez crisis.

– Boris Johnson

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The Saudis have many fine qualities but statecraft and diplomacy is not one of their skills, they are really worried, frenzied and flailing around and it's very dangerous. Right now they are acting in a dangerous and reckless way.

– Rami Khouri

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because it conditions the action and the thought of the nation in broad and important spheres in life.

– George Will

added by anonymous
10 years ago

There is a schizophrenic nature in modern politics. A leader is expected to have a religious faith but he is not supposed to let it influence him in his duties. Somehow, the truths that determine everything else about his existence are not allowed to influence how he conducts himself in public life. Not only that, his principles are usually considered so personal that the public is not even allowed to know for certain what they are. This passes for noble statecraft in our time. It was once thought cowardice.

– Stephen Mansfield

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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