Diplomacy requires overcoming the temptation of short-term interests and focusing on long-term benefits and global development.
What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.
I think the best work comes out of a place of truth.
The key to power is the ability to judge who is best to serve your purposes, and then to win them over to your side.
I'm not a king, I'm just a man who wears a crown.