The Basic Quality For The Diplomat Is

No King Or Minister Could Have Instructed Newton To Discover The Law Of Gravity, For They Did Not Know And Could Not Know That There Was Such A Law To Discover. No Treasury Official Told Fleming To Discover Penicillin. Nor Was Rutherford Instructed To Split The Atom By A Certain Date.

The Basic Quality For The Diplomat Is Not Intelligence But Loyalty.

The Vacuum Created By A Failure To Communicate Will Quickly Be Filled With Rumor, Misrepresentations, Drivel, And Poison.

The Mind Reels At The Multiplication Of Books Intended To Justify The Author's Promotion From Assistant To Associate Professor.

The Man Whose Life Is Devoted To Paperwork Has Lost The Initiative. He Is Dealing With Things That Are Brought To His Notice, Having Ceased To Notice Anything For Himself.