John Prendergast quotes

“What we (U.S.) have done, is undertaken diplomacy through public assertions that tend to alienate everyone.”
-- John Prendergast

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“I see courage everywhere I go in Africa.”
-- John Prendergast

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“Slavery, racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry, subordination, and human rights abuse transform and adapt with the times.”
-- John Prendergast

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“A busybody's work is never done.”

“But it's true, when you see some television, you carry it with you. It's like 90210. Tell me what young shows were being done then... We were thrilled about the ratings around the world.”

“I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1894... I met with the Quorum and Presidency in the temple... President Woodruff then spoke... 'In searching out my genealogy I found about four hundred of my female kindred who were never married. I asked Pres. Young what I should do with them. He said for me to have them sealed to me unless there were more than 999 of them. The doctrine startled me, but I had it done.”

“I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.”

“Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets.”

“Reporting Iran's dossier to the UN Security Council will be unconstructive and the end of diplomacy.”

Source : "Iran nuclear crisis sent to security council" by Ewen MacAskill, Ian Traynor, www.theguardian.com. February 1, 2006.

“There is no diplomacy like silence.”

“Gardening?is one of the most underrated aspects of diplomacy.”

“I would love to see no more ghettos but the things is, there's no diplomacy in the ghetto. They want to tell you something, they tell you straight!”