Source: National Business Review, 17/2/86.
“I was the boss of ambassadors in 270 countries.”
Hillary Clinton (1947) American politician, senator, Secretary of State, First Lady
"Benghazi chair struggles to explain gains from marathon session" http://www.cbsnews.com/news/benghazi-hearing-hillary-clinton-chairman-struggles-to-explain-gains-from-session/, CBS News (23 October 2015) <br class="br">Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016)
“I'm always trying to be a good ambassador for my country.”
Goran Višnjić (1972) Croatian actor
Radio Times April 2007
“Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, welcome! Your great country [of China] makes our Happy Meals possible!”
Stephen Colbert (1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor
White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (2006)
“Design is the silent ambassador of your brand.”
Paul Rand (1914–1996) American graphic designer
“He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.”
Qui fait le conseiller n'est plus ambassadeur.
Nicomède, act III, scene iii.
Nicomède (1651)
“If Stalin could only see us now, with the American Ambassador here, he'd turn in his grave.”
Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978) Russian revolutionary and Soviet statesman
As quoted in "MAYDAY: Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair" (1986) by Michael R. Beschloss, p. 42
Rodrigo Duterte (1945) Filipino politician and the 16th President of the Philippines
Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte insults US envoy with homophobic slur https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/10/philippines-leader-calls-us-ambassador-gay-son-of-a-whore-prompting-summons, The Guardian (10 August 2016)
“Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.”
Francesco Guicciardini (1483–1540) Italian writer, historian and politician
Gli ambasciadori sono l'occhio e l'orecchio degli stati.
Storia d' Italia (1537-1540)
“Ambassadors are the eyes and ears of States.”
Francesco Sansovino (1521–1583) Italian writer
Gli Ambasciadori sono gli occhi e gli orecchi de gli stati.
CCLXXVI.
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 305.
Concetti Politici (1578)
Nguyen Khanh (1927–2013) South Vietnamese soldier
Confrontation with Maxwell Taylor in November 1964: On conflict with Maxwell D. Taylor in November 1964
1980s, Interview with Nguyen Khanh (1981)
