The Accidental Ambassador Quotes

“An ambassador is someone who thinks twice before he says nothing” -

attributed to one of India's ambassadors in Argentina at the time.”
― Tony Leon, The Accidental Ambassador

“The citizens have “the extraordinary and exhausting practice of sitting down to dinner at any time between 10m and 11 p.m. I found it challenging to stay animated and conversational when my normal bedtime was usually about the time that the first course was being cleared”.”
― Tony Leon, The Accidental Ambassador

“Given that the doubtless unsuspecting taxpayers of South Africa provided every diplomat abroad with free housing, a foreign service allowance (in addition to salary) and, in the case of ambassadors, two full-time, live-in domestics, it became apparent why many found such a feather-bedded life abroad so appealing”.”
― Tony Leon, The Accidental Ambassador