How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print. Karl Kraus
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time. David Lloyd George
I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer. Peter Ustinov
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. Charles de Gaulle
But the dreams of designing diplomats do not always prosper, and we must trust the future. John Maynard Keynes
They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world. Anthony Holden