"Studying politics then? That is...a difficult area to learn. The minutia of swaying hearts in line with your own is not one of my talents."

It was always something best left handled by Jim, in Spock's expertise. His own skills lied elsewhere. Public relations of any kind was never one of them.

"I'm afraid the only advice I can impart is that some things cannot be learned. Charisma is not a studied skill, or I would have endeavored to excel in it as with other learned areas of study."