But after 30 years as an ambassador I've come to one conclusion about international relations: exhortations to another country about shared feelings, morality, and fighting the common enemy, while not completely useless, are certainly limited in effect; what's needed is a relationship of shared interests built on a realistic basis.
但做了卅年大使，我在國際關係上得到一個結論：和別國講邦交，用口頭講情感道義、同仇敵愾，不能說完全沒用，可是效果實在有限；一定要從實質著手，變成實際的禍福與共。