Diplomatic problems used to be discussed by ambassadors† Foreign Ministers were called†somebody thought of the summit meetings† Wearenearing themoment whenpolitical meetingswill be held at a divine level.

-Acheson, Dean Gooderham
  Comment to reporters in Florence, Sep. Recalled in This Vast External Realm (1973).

English policy is to float lazily downstream, occasionally putting out a diplomatic boathook to avoid collisions.

-of Salisbury
  Letter to Lord Lytton, 9 Mar.