A: The political scientist Harold Nicolson once said that the view of the public, and of most politicians, toward relations between states is generally impressionistic and easily mistaken. So foreign affairs should be handled by foreign affairs experts.
因此，我們不一定能把民意反應的調查結果直接視為係對駐外人員實際表現的反應。英國學者尼可森（Harold Nicolson）在其名著「外交學」（Diplomacy）一書中曾闢專章深入探究民意與外交之間的關係，他指出：