
“Tell the your emperor; Where my power has reached, Emperor's dreams can not reach!”
While Constantinople was besieged, Mehmed's response to the Byzantine ambassador
A collection of quotes on the topic of ambassador, making, world, country.
“Tell the your emperor; Where my power has reached, Emperor's dreams can not reach!”
While Constantinople was besieged, Mehmed's response to the Byzantine ambassador
Speech (3 March 1926), Seanad Éireann (Irish Free Senate), on the Coinage Bill. http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0006/S.0006.192603030003.html
Sermon on the Martyrs (de Martyribus), ch. 8, in, The Cure of Pagan Maladies (Cure of the Pagan Diseases; Cure for Hellenic Maladies; Cure of Greek Maladies; Cure of Pagan Ills). [Graecorum affectionum curatio, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Graecarum affect. Curatio, Graec. Aff. cur.], (ante A.D. 449)
The Faith of the Early Fathers, 1998, W. A. Jurgens, Liturgical Press, ISBN 9780814610213 ISBN 9780814610213vol. 3, p. 241. http://books.google.com/books?id=rkvLsueY_DwC&pg=PA241&dq=%22ambassadors+before+the+Master+of+the+universe%22&hl=en&ei=5X4TTpjVG6OmsQL9m-TUDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22ambassadors%20before%20the%20Master%20of%20the%20universe%22&f=false
The Ruin of the Roman Empire: A New History, 2009, James J. O'Donnell, Ecco, ISBN 0060787414 ISBN 9780060787417p. 319. http://books.google.com/books?id=MEd-_14ZZmEC&pg=PT332&dq=%22honor+them+as+protectors+of+cities+and+guardians%22&hl=en&ei=1NUjTvf4EbSLsALVp62fAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22honor%20them%20as%20protectors%20of%20cities%20and%20guardians%22&f=false More variants http://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&tbo=1&q=%22call+them+saviors+of+souls+and+bodies%22&btnG=Search+Books#sclient=psy&hl=en&tbo=1&tbm=bks&source=hp&q=%22saviours+of+souls%22+theodoret&aq=&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=69360d7032f70ec5&biw=1270&bih=696
Greek and Latin text in, in J.P. Migne, PL vol. 83 (vol. 4 of Theodoret’s works), col. 1011. http://books.google.com/books?id=fb8UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1011&dq=%22corpora+non+singula%22+monumenta&hl=en&ei=U8EUToTbJ8eusAKIiuDUDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22corpora%20non%20singula%22%20monumenta&f=false
Note that the Protestant Reformers Heinrich Bullinger and John Calvin believed that Christians ministers, through the operation of grace, may legitimately be called "saviors." http://books.google.com/books?id=McQogZjrU0AC&pg=PA95&dq=%22For+this+cause+ministers+are+called+saviours%22&hl=en&ei=2zEnTp2XNKqHsgLvwsA7&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22For%20this%20cause%20ministers%20are%20called%20saviours%22&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=YyJVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA424&dq=%22minister+of+the+word+is+said+in+some+way+to+save+those+whom+he+leads+to+the+obedience+of+faith%22&hl=en&ei=PS8nTt7fNZKCsQOAwYHjCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22minister%20of%20the%20word%20is%20said%20in%20some%20way%20to%20save%20those%20whom%20he%20leads%20to%20the%20obedience%20of%20faith%22&f=false.
1910s, Address to the Knights of Columbus (1915)
Interview by Brad Darrach for Life Magazine, 1971 http://www.bobby-fischer.net/Bobby_Fischer_Articles5.html
1970s
"I bid you farewell."
Burying the Hatchet - BP Closing Address at the 3rd World Jamboree, Arrowe Park, 12 August 1929
Frankfurt Book Fair speech (2003)
Source: Speaking the Truth: Ecumenism, Liberation, and Black Theology (1986), p. v
Source: The 25-Year War: America's Military Role in Vietnam (1984), p. 45
Talking about his foundation, TSWF, being closed down due to allegations about its financial and reporting practices, Z News (January 24, 2016), h"Shane Warne: Nothing to hide, says Aussie legend after foundation comes under scanner" http://zeenews.india.com/sports/cricket/shane-warne-nothing-to-hide-says-aussie-legend-after-foundation-comes-under-scanner_1848626.html
Speech to the Electors of Bristol (3 November 1774); as published in The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke (1834)
1770s
In "IRIS KYLE WINS AGAIN" at bodybuilding.com (Sep 24, 2014).
Sourced quotes, 2014
To Soviet U.N. Ambassador Valerian A. Zorin in the United Nations Security Council during the Cuban missile crisis (25 October 1962)
Conversation with Thomas Jones (27 February 1932) after the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, quoted in Thomas Jones, A Diary with Letters. 1931-1950 (Oxford University Press, 1954), p. 30.
1932
http://www.newshounds.us/2005/04/06/john_gibson_oozes_hate_and_contempt_for_third_world_nations_un.php
Statement of 1974-03-24, as quoted in Investigation of Korean-American Relations : Report of the Subcommittee on International Organizations of the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House Of Representatives (31 October 1978) http://www.allentwood.com/articles/conclufraser.html
2010s, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkul Karman – A Profile (2011)
While being interviewed in the street during his dispute with several embassies for not paying Central London's congestion charge (late March 2006). The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article697933.ece, 28 March 2006. <sup>[ New York Times comment http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/world/europe/02parking.html?_r=1&oref=slogin, 2 May 2006.]</sup>
2010s, 2016, April, Foreign Policy Speech (27 April 2016)
J. A. Hamilton, 'Grey, Charles, second Earl Grey, Viscount Howick, and Baron Grey (1764–1845)', Dictionary of National Biography (1890).
About
1962, First letter to Nikita Khrushchev
In Search of Enemies: A CIA Story, "Kinshasa"; ISBN 0393057054
Speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference http://www.aipac.org/pc/videos/2012/monday-gala-plenary/prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu (March 2012).
2010s, 2012
Confrontation with Maxwell Taylor in November 1964: On conflict with Maxwell D. Taylor in November 1964
1980s, Interview with Nguyen Khanh (1981)
Address in Edinburgh, Scotland (8 September 1977)
“Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, welcome! Your great country [of China] makes our Happy Meals possible!”
White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (2006)
1960s, Remarks at the signing of the Immigration Bill (1965)
Traveling With Mikoyan Quote By Quote (1959)
Quoted in 2007 article and on Quoteid.com. [May 22, 2007]
Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016), Democratic Presidential Debate in Miami (March 9, 2016)
Asia and Western Dominance: a survey of the Vasco Da Gama epoch of Asian history, 1498–1945
1850s, The Present Aspect of the Slavery Question (1859)
“Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.”
Gli ambasciadori sono l'occhio e l'orecchio degli stati.
Storia d' Italia (1537-1540)
By Kapil Dev.
Kumble Calls it a Day: Quotes... For and By Kumble...
Letter from the commissioners (John Adams, Thomas Jefferson) to John Jay, 28 March 1786, in Thomas Jefferson Travels: Selected Writings, 1784-1789, by Anthony Brandt, pp. 104-105 http://books.google.com/books?id=SY_3VKP0SEkC&pg=PA104&dq=%22Ambassador+Answered%22
1780s
Context: We took the liberty to make some enquiries concerning the ground of their pretensions to make war upon nations who had done them no injury, and observed that we considered all mankind as our friends who had done us no wrong, nor had given us any provocation. The Ambassador [of Tripoli] answered us that it was founded on the Laws of their Prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.
July “SCRATCHED”
The Sheep Look Up (1972)
Source: Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, Vol. 2 (1922), p. 19
“A strongly antiagency ambassador can make problems for the CIA chief of station.”
In Search of Enemies: A CIA Story, "Footsoldiers of foreign policy"; ISBN 0393057054
About the capture of Bhimnagar, Tarikh Yamini (Kitabu-l Yamini) by Al Utbi, in Elliot and Dowson, Vol. II : Elliot and Dowson, History of India as told by its own Historians, 8 Volumes, Allahabad Reprint, 1964. p. 34-35 Also quoted in Jain, Meenakshi (2011). The India they saw: Foreign accounts.
Quotes (971 CE to 1013 CE)
“The first ladies ought to be ambassadors as well.”
2010s, 2014, U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Spousal Program (August 2014)
A 600 word long Facebook post on TSWF (The Shane Warne Foundation) being closed due to allegations about its financial and reporting practices, quoted on The Guardian (January 29, 2016), "Shane Warne attacks critics as his charity closes amid investigation into finances" http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jan/30/shane-warne-attacks-critics-as-his-charity-closes-amid-investigation-into-finances
Our Response to Sanctions Will Be Painful to the West and Will Make It Shiver with Cold http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1225.htm August 2006.
Sectarianism in Iraq
“He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.”
Qui fait le conseiller n'est plus ambassadeur.
Nicomède, act III, scene iii.
Nicomède (1651)
Statement made to U.S. President George W. Bush at a meeting at the White House — reported in Agence France-Presse staff (September 10, 2008) "Talabani: Iran, Syria pose 'no problem' for Iraq", Agence France-Presse,
“I'm always trying to be a good ambassador for my country.”
Radio Times April 2007
On being appointed the brand ambassador of VHP's Shrimad Ramayan Parichay Yojana Samiti, as quoted in " VHP takes Ramayan, Mahabharat to schools http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/24vhp.htm" Rediff (24 February 2006)
18 March 1751
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)
“If Stalin could only see us now, with the American Ambassador here, he'd turn in his grave.”
As quoted in "MAYDAY: Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair" (1986) by Michael R. Beschloss, p. 42
The Education of Henry Adams (1907)
Source: Press briefing http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/07/20040715-7.html, July 15, 2004
“Like an ambassador that beds a queen
With the nice caution of a sword between.”
The Antiplatonic (1653).
“I was the boss of ambassadors in 270 countries.”
"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)
Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016)
The Changing of the Relationship between Rome and Her Client-States
The History Of Rome, Volume 2. Chapter 10. "The Third Macedonian War" Translated by W.P.Dickson
The History of Rome - Volume 2
Chessville - Interviews - 20 Questions with GM Maurice Ashley http://www.chessville.com/editorials/Interviews/20Questions/Ashley.htm
In a letter to the Duke of Mantua, from Venice, 6 April 1537; as quoted by J.A.Y. Crowe & G.B. Cavalcaselle in Titian his life and times - With some account..., publisher John Murray, London, 1877, p. 421
1510-1540
Quoted by Chan Norris, "Orson Welles on Latin America". PM, September 13, 1942, page 17.
As quoted in General Maxwell Taylor: The Sword and the Pen (1989) by John Martin Taylor, p. xiv.
1980s
Source: A Mother's Advice to Her Son, 1726, p. 143
“An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth.”
Reliquiae Wottonainae (1651). In a letter to Velserus, 1612, Wotton says, "This merry definition of an ambassador I had chanced to set down at my friend's, Mr. Christopher Fleckamore, in his Album".
Many scholars have suggested that the deity identified as Herakles was Krishna
Gopal Chowdhary in: The Greatest Farce of History http://books.google.com/books?id=9bOEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181, Partridge Publishing, 4 March 2014, p. 183.
Source: The Birth of Fascist Ideology: From Cultural Rebellion to Political Revolution, 1994, p. 5
1860s, The Prayer of the Twenty Millions (1862)
Source: National Business Review, 17/2/86.
In a letter to Philip II, then still Prince of Spain, sent from Venice 11th Oct. 1552; as quoted in Titian: his life and times - With some account of his family... Vol. 2. J. A. Crowe & G.B. Cavalcaselle, Publisher London, John Murray, 1877, p. 218
For the first time in the annals of Italian painting history we are informed by this letter about a painting which is nothing more than a landscape! According to reports of visitors [for instance Aurelio Luini ] of Titian's studio, he very probably painted more landscapes, but all of them are perished.
1541-1576
Address at the International Women's Day Conference (2013)
Lecture of Opportunity | Max Brooks: World War Z https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nGG5E04cog
Somnath (Gujarat), Mir‘at-i-Mas‘udi Elliot and Dowson, History of India as told by its own historians, Vol. II. p. 524-547
Escudero, F. [Francis]. (2016, February 8). Retrieved from Official Facebook Page of Francis Escudero https://www.facebook.com/senchizescudero/posts/10153860392210610/
2016, Facebook
CBS interview with John Dickerson (taped 1 January 2016) for Face the Nation — as quoted in "Trump: Clinton has ruined the world" http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/trump-hillary-clinton-donald-217294 by Nick Gass, Politico (3 January 2016)
2010s, 2016, January
In a text message conveyed by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to CIA director David Petraeus
Quoted in Dexter Filkins (30 September 2013). "The Shadow Commander" http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/09/30/130930fa_fact_filkins?currentPage=all. The New Yorker.
Concerning an interview in London with the ambassador from Tripoli, Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja.
1780s, Letter to John Jay (1786)
Source: The History of Pendennis (1848-1850), Ch. 30.
‘Not Welcome’: London’s Muslim Mayor Repeats Calls to Cancel Trump Visit http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/12/26/not-welcome-londons-muslim-mayor-repeats-calls-cancel-trump-visit/ (December 26, 2017)
2010s, 2015, Address to the United States Congress (March 2015)
“The hypocrite, among other things, can be a deformed ambassador of the truth.”
The Irresponsible Self (2004)
Anwar Shaikh, Islam, The Arab National Movement, 1995. quoted from Lal, K. S. (1999). Theory and practice of Muslim state in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan.
Ch 12
The Rahotep series, Book 3: Egypt: The Book of Chaos (2011)
Vol. V, ch. 23
History of England (1849–1861)
6:10 - 20 (KJV) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+6&version=KJV;SBLGNT
Variant translation:
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.
Epistle to the Ephesians
Context: Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Book VI: Ch. 8: Comparison of Washington and Bonaparte
Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1848 – 1850)
Context: I halt at the beginning of my travels, in Pennsylvania, in order to compare Washington and Bonaparte. I would rather not have concerned myself with them until the point where I had met Napoleon; but if I came to the edge of my grave without having reached the year 1814 in my tale, no one would then know anything of what I would have written concerning these two representatives of Providence. I remember Castelnau: like me Ambassador to England, who wrote like me a narrative of his life in London. On the last page of Book VII, he says to his son: ‘I will deal with this event in Book VIII,’ and Book VIII of Castelnau’s Memoirs does not exist: that warns me to take advantage of being alive.
"Instructions given by Niccolo Machiavelli to Rafael Girolami, Ambassador to the Emperor," The History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy: From the Earliest Times to the Death of Lorenzo the Magnificent; Together with The Prince, and Various Historical Tracts, H.G. Bohn, Editor, p.505–06 (1854).
Context: Now, in order to execute a political commission well, it is necessary to know the character of the prince and those who sway his counsels;... but it is above all things necessary to make himself esteemed, which he will do if he so regulates his actions and conversation that he shall be thought a man of honour, liberal, and sincere. The latter point is highly essential, though too much neglected, as I have seen more than one so lose themselves in the opinion of princes by their duplicity, that they have been unable to conduct a negotiation of the most trifling importance. It is undoubtedly necessary for the ambassador occasionally to mask his game; but it should be done so as not to awaken suspicion and he ought also to be prepared with an answer in case of discovery.