Quotes about Dean Acheson

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

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

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

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

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

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The future comes one day at a time.

#Dean Acheson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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