Diplomacy Is Letting Someone Else Have Your

It Would Be Especially Tragic If The People Who Most Cherish Ideals Of Peace, Who Are Most Anxious For Political Cooperation On A Wider Than National Scale, Made The Mistake Of Underestimating The Pace Of Economic Change In Our Modern World.

No State, Furthermore, Unless It Has Aggressive Military Designs Such As Those Which Consumed Nazi Leaders In The Thirties, Is Likely To Divert To Defense Any More Of Its Resources And Wealth And Energy Than Seems Necessary.

We Must Keep On Trying To Solve Problems, One By One, Stage By Stage, If Not On The Basis Of Confidence And Cooperation, At Least On That Of Mutual Toleration And Self-interest.

Prime Ministers Require The Hide Of A Rhinoceros, The Morals Of St. Francis, The Patience Of Job, The Wisdom Of Solomon, The Strength Of Hercules, The Leadership Of Napoleon, The Magnetism Of A Beatle And The Subtlety Of Machiavelli.

As A Civilian During The Second War, I Was Exposed To Danger In Circumstances Which Removed Any Distinction Between The Man In And The Man Out Of Uniform.