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The best diplomat is one who can see the trends of future developments, not just the realities of the present.
The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.
On haters: "If you never want to be criticized, for goodness' sake don't do anything new."