Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.

Quote by Dean Acheson

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A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by...

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by...

The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I...

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I...

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective...

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective...

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by...

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by...

It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake.

It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake.

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures...

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures...

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective...

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective...

Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

The future comes one day at a time.

The future comes one day at a time.

If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present,...

If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present,...

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's...

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's...