Foreign Service

Foreign Service may refer to:

  • Diplomatic service, the body of diplomats and foreign policy officers maintained by the government of a country
  • United States Foreign Service, the diplomatic service of the United States government
  • Indian Foreign Service, the diplomatic service of India
  • Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, the diplomatic service of the United Kingdom, and specifically the organisation which ran the Foreign Office in London before amalgamation with the Diplomatic Service in 1918

Famous quotes containing the words foreign and/or service:

    “I have been told lately that Fuseli was travelling by coach and a gentleman opposite him said: “I understand, Mr. Fuseli, that you are a painter; it may interest you to know that I have a daughter who paints on velvet.”
    Fuseli rose instantly and said in a strong foreign accent, “Let me get out.””
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

    “Human life consists in mutual service. No grief, pain, misfortune, or “broken heart,” is excuse for cutting off one’s life while any power of service remains. But when all usefulness is over, when one is assured of an unavoidable and imminent death, it is the simplest of human rights to choose a quick and easy death in place of a slow and horrible one.”
    —Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)