An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country.
About Henry Wotton
Sir Henry Wottonwas an English author, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625. When on a mission to Augsburg in 1604, he famously said “An ambassador is an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country”.
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