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Great thinkers such as Machiavelli, Guicciardini, Grotius, Richelieu, Wicquefort, Satow, Nicolson, and Kissinger had a profound impact on diplomacy. For Machiavelli diplomacy was a tool of deception to grant more power to the state. Machiavelli’s impact on leaders was a major one because he argued for leaders to be headstrong as well as

Diplomacy is . . . The application of intelligence and tact to the conduct of official relations between governments.” Ernest Satow The art of saying ‘Nice doggie’ till you can find a rock.” Wynn Catlin

There has not been a documented start of diplomacy; however Many could argue that diplomacy is a product of society and history itself. It is also believe that diplomacy is as old as the bible, there have been instances ranging back to the 5th century where diplomacy arose in certain nations. Dating back to 432 B.C, the Congress of Sparta was an “illustration of diplomacy as organized by the Greek City States”