Diplomats and Politicians
- Austen Albu, politician
- John Bowis, former MP and MEP
- Iain Coleman, politician
- Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, diplomat
- Ben Gummer, Conservative politician also Member of Parliament for Ipswich
- Sir Reginald Hanson, 1st Baronet, Bt, Kt, JP, DL, FSA, was Lord Mayor of London and a British Conservative Party politician.
- Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan, (politician), signatory to the Indian Constitution
- Sir John Leahy, KCMG, former Ambassador to South Africa
- Lord Mayhew, QC, barrister and politician
- Sir Sydney Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier (1859–1943), KCMG, statesman
- Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham, aristocrat, politician, father of two Prime Ministers.
- George Smythe, 7th Viscount Strangford, politician
- Sir Peter Tapsell MP, politician, current Father of the House of Commons
- Sir David Trench, Governor of Hong Kong (1964–1971)
- David Williamson, Baron Williamson of Horton GCMG, CB, PC, Secretary General of the European Commission
- Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth, British Ambassador to Paris during the treaty of Amiens
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Famous quotes containing the words diplomats and, diplomats and/or politicians:
“People in places many of us never heard of, whose names we can’t pronounce or even spell, are speaking up for themselves. They speak in languages we once classified as “exotic” but whose mastery is now essential for our diplomats and businessmen. But what they say is very much the same the world over. They want a decent standard of living. They want human dignity and a voice in their own futures. They want their children to grow up strong and healthy and free.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)
“How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.”
—Karl Kraus (1874–1936)
“Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water until he had learnt to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)