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Will Rogers

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Will Rogers

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Will Rogers means that diplomats play a crucial role in creating the conditions that lead to war, just as soldiers are needed to carry it out. Without diplomacy, wars would not last long because the negotiations and tensions that fuel conflict would be missing.

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