The Diplomat Quotes (Season 3)

You seem to think that being Second Lady of the United States and Ambassador to the Court of St. James are two part-time jobs you can do and still watch Wimbledon at the end of the day. The only way you can do both of those jobs at the same time is to do them both poorly.[to Kate]

I am a young, tiny Asian American woman at the top of one of the most baldly paternalistic arms of the US government. I am furious all the time. If I could go after terrorists and human traffickers with an organization that didn’t have an 80-year legacy of racism and human rights violations, I would. There is not another better CIA or America. The ones we have are f***ed-up. We make compromises. Some days, we feel okay about that. Some days, we have gin.[to Stuart]

Your kid falls down. He doesn’t cry. He doesn’t know he’s hurt. He looks at you. If you don’t blink, he gets up. He’s fine.

You can only pi** with the d*ck you’re given.

When the country is f***еd, the good people can’t walk away. That is not the time.[to Stuart]

People may invite the second lady to tea, but the ambassador’s gonna walk through the door.

Flawed does not mean worthless.

Are we gonna come through this okay?[Stuart Hayford]Who’s we?[Eidra Park]The country.[Stuart Hayford]The world forgives us when they need us, and that doesn’t take long.[Eidra Park]